Hommam Al Nassim 
Local and international human rights organizations have issued a joint warning on the deteriorating conditions of refugees since the end of August in Egypt.
Twenty-seven human rights organizations revealed ill-treatment of Sudanese refugees in Egypt as a result of arrest, detention, and deportation campaigns by the Egyptian authorities.
According to human rights organizations, the Egyptian authorities’ decision No. 3326 allowed the arrest and detention of Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers in inhumane conditions.
Human rights organizations documented that the Egyptian authorities urgently issued travel documents for the purpose of deporting the Sudanese, noting that most of them were forced to sign documents considered as consent to “voluntary return.”
They are being subjected to unfair trials, and their forced return to Sudan violates Egypt’s international obligations, human rights principles, and the Egyptian Constitution.
🇪🇬احتجزت السلطات المصرية لاجئين/ات وطالبي/ات اللجوء السودانيين/ات في ظروف غير إنسانية وأعادتهم قسراً إلى #السودان في انتهاك لالتزامات #مصر الدولية في مجال #حقوق_الإنسان.
📢ننضم إلى @rpegyorg ومنظمات المجتمع المدني في حث مصر على إنهاء هذه الممارسة⬇️https://t.co/XMEcgBIkTQ
— MENA Rights Group | منَا لحقوق الإنسان (@MENA_Rights) March 28, 2024
Following the decision, regional Egyptian human rights organizations received numerous reports of systematic arrests of refugees, unlawful detention, and forced returns.
Since August last year, the Egyptian government has strengthened restrictions on the entry of Sudanese, obliging every Sudanese to pay a bail of one thousand US dollars, in addition to imposing fines for delay.
More than 317,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Egypt in the past six months, according to UNHCR, of whom more than 100,000 have reached out to its offices in Cairo and Alexandria.
UNHCR indicated its need for funding to continue assistance programmes, especially for women, children, and female-headed households, stressing that Sudanese refugees registered with it are not protected from arrest and forcible transfer.
بعد حملات ممنهجة .. السلطات المصرية تقوم بترحيل مئات السودانيين من مصر إلي السودان عبر معبر اشكيت البري والفيديو يتسبب في حالة من الغضب في الوسائط السودانية pic.twitter.com/bBMG9gqZuW
— المصدر مصر – Elmasdar masr (@Masdar_Masr) March 7, 2024
Since the start of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in April last year, more than one and a half million Sudanese have fled to neighboring countries, particularly to Egypt.
According to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Egypt has received more than half a million Sudanese since the conflict began.
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