The Egyptian Government and UNHCR: A Shared Responsibility
The Egyptian Government and UNHCR: A Shared Responsibility
Although the armed conflict in Southern Sudan and Darfur has been taking place for tens of years, this conflict intensifies in recent years, leading to a growing number of refugees and displaced persons. Hence, as the number of the Sudanese people who flee their country increases rapidly in recent years, the world has started to pay attention to the low economic, social, and personal status of refugees in the recipient countries. For example, the violence of the Egyptian police authorities towards the Sudanese refugees who gathered in Mohandeseen square two years ago has pointed the attention towards the extreme suffering of those refugees in Egypt. Fleeing the atrocities that are committed against them in their home country, most Sudanese refugees come to Egypt, hoping to find a safe and comfortable place to live in. The majority of these Sudanese refugees do not consider Egypt as their final destination; rather, they want to be resettled permanently in another European country via the measures of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Egypt. However, a great number of those refugees fail to gain a refugee status and a resettlement in another country. Consequently, those refugees are stuck between the inefficiency of the UNHCR and the ill-treatment of the Egyptian government. Therefore, most of the personal, economic, and social sufferings of the Sudanese refugees in Egypt are a shared responsibility between the UNHCR and the Egyptian government, who should be responsible for facilitating the lives of those refugees.
Those who decide to flee their homes and residents in Sudan are actually willing to live a comfortable and stable life in a safe place. Thus, most of those Sudanese refugees risk their lives and go through dangerous journeys in order to escape the violence and killing in their communities. In that sense, the Sudanese people who flee their country seek a
Although the armed conflict in Southern Sudan and Darfur has been taking place for tens of years, this conflict intensifies in recent years, leading to a growing number of refugees and displaced persons. Hence, as the number of the Sudanese people who flee their country increases rapidly in recent years, the world has started to pay attention to the low economic, social, and personal status of refugees in the recipient countries. For example, the violence of the Egyptian police authorities towards the Sudanese refugees who gathered in Mohandeseen square two years ago has pointed the attention towards the extreme suffering of those refugees in Egypt. Fleeing the atrocities that are committed against them in their home country, most Sudanese refugees come to Egypt, hoping to find a safe and comfortable place to live in. The majority of these Sudanese refugees do not consider Egypt as their final destination; rather, they want to be resettled permanently in another European country via the measures of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Egypt. However, a great number of those refugees fail to gain a refugee status and a resettlement in another country. Consequently, those refugees are stuck between the inefficiency of the UNHCR and the ill-treatment of the Egyptian government. Therefore, most of the personal, economic, and social sufferings of the Sudanese refugees in Egypt are a shared responsibility between the UNHCR and the Egyptian government, who should be responsible for facilitating the lives of those refugees.
Those who decide to flee their homes and residents in Sudan are actually willing to live a comfortable and stable life in a safe place. Thus, most of those Sudanese refugees risk their lives and go through dangerous journeys in order to escape the violence and killing in their communities. In that sense, the Sudanese people who flee their country seek a
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