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Title: | Eritrean Refugees in Sudan |
Author: | Woldegabriel, Berhane |
Year: | 1996 |
Periodical: | Review of African Political Economy |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 67 |
Pages: | 87-92 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sudan |
Subjects: | refugees Eritreans Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports) |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056249608704181 |
Abstract: | Despite the formal independence of Eritrea in May 1993, the Eritrean refugees in Sudan continue to live as second-class citizens in subhuman conditions in camps and settlements, stranded by the political wrangle between Sudan and Eritrea and the perpetual shortage of funds of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The three conventional solutions in the case of long-term refugee settlement have been as follows: the first is to assimilate and naturalize refugees in their host countries; the second, to resettle refugees in 'third countries'; the third is voluntary repatriation to countries of origin. This paper argues that the three conventional solutions for refugee settlement are not working in an urgent case such as that of the Eritreans in Sudan, and that it is crucial that the international community renews its humanitarian assistance to Sudan in this respect whilst still emphasizing the need for Sudan to reform its human rights practices. In the meantime, donors of humanitarian aid to Sudan will need to formulate mechanisms that would guarantee the channelling of resources to the refugees more directly as opposed to the mere trickles that currently exist. This strategy would provide a fourth option in the apparent absence of any other workable solution at present. |