Given the ongoing bloodshed in the African nation, a safe haven is now out of reach for many, according to Gebrehiwot Ewnetu,
Hundreds of innocent individuals are stranded as a result of the emergency exit plan that US diplomats in Sudan implemented, which includes shredding all passports given to the embassy. Expert in policy and governance Gebrehiwot Ewnetu said on Saturday that those affected by Washington’s hurried departure from the country, which is gripped by fighting between competing factions, will have a very difficult time getting new documents.
Washington issued an order for its staff to leave after combat broke out in April between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The Khartoum embassy was forced to rush the destruction of sensitive information and passports as a result. This was confirmed by a State Department spokesperson to the New York Times, who called it “standard operating procedure” to keep sensitive information out of the wrong hands.
Ewnetu mentioned the problem’s various repercussions in a statement to RT. Due to the perilous security situation, he stated, it would be exceedingly difficult for Sundanese citizens to receive laissez-passers and replace their passports. “Sudanese officials will be saying: ‘We are in a war zone now, I can’t just issue a new passport, I’m having a civil war,'” he predicted.
Foreign embassies have set up border access stations to assist non-Sudanese individuals with the paperwork they need to exit the country, but Ewnetu claims that they will still encounter significant obstacles.
“It will make it much more difficult for them to access safe havens, to leave the country, or to access their rights,” the expert predicted.
Some locals have been greatly impacted by the destruction of passports. Alhaj Sharaf stated that he had received approval for a visa, was planning to have his passport returned from the embassy, and planned to enroll in a master’s degree in the US. But once the war started, the embassy notified him that his passport had been lost.
As a result, he said, “I was stuck in Sudan, unable to leave or travel to finish my master’s program.”
The UN has given thousands of refugees looking for shelter in South Sudan an additional $8 million among the mayhem. Many displaced people were left with nothing, said Peter van der Auweraert, the UN’s regional coordinator. He claimed that some of them are in desperate need of assistance to reconstruct their lives after becoming the victims of violence and extortion.
