Al-Jabalin, July 16(Darfur 24)
Sudan War Monitor newspaper said on Monday that the Sudanese authorities launched a campaign of repression against South Sudanese refugees in White Nile State.
The authorities under the authority of the army accuse some refugees from South Sudan and Ethiopia of fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces, as nearly one million refugees reside in Sudan, most of whom are from South Sudan.
The newspaper said, “Security forces are arresting, detaining, and deporting citizens from South Sudan through the town of Al-Jabalin in White Nile State.”
She noted that this campaign raises fears of refugees being returned to their country, as many of them fear “the authoritarian regime in South Sudan and may face persecution upon return.”
A deported South Sudanese traditional leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity from Renk, told the Sudanese Monitor newspaper, “The arrests began on July 2, 2024, in Al-Duwaim, White Nile State, about 100 kilometers north of the capital, Rabak.”
He reported that the repression campaign extended to other states, as refugees were arrested in the states of Gedaref and Kassala in eastern Sudan, Atbara and Al-Damar in the Nile River state, and Halfa in the northern state in the north of the country.