Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces is fighting to curb the flow of migrants from the African continent on their way to Europe and the United States.
Due to its location, Sudan has been for long the transition point for many illegal immigrations and human traffickers, who use the desert routes along the country’s border with Egypt and Libya.
According to official statistics there are about 1.5 million migrants from neighbouring nations and Syria seeking illegal immigration.
Pro government forces have intercepted the thousands of migrants on the Sudan-Libyan border.
According to the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR), approximately 1,500 new asylum seekers, mostly from Eritrea, register every month at refugee camps in eastern Sudan. The government estimates that actual arrivals, including those who cross the border undetected by authorities, could be three times as high — a calculation corroborated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Analysts are fronting pacification as a means of ending the migrant crisis. They say that if countries rid by war are pacified, the number of people seeking to risk their lives to reach Europe would decrease significantly.
”Countries shouldn’t take security measures for combating the illegal migration. Instead they should provide the needed support to create the stability in these countries which suffer from the armed conflicts and poverty and to address the deep roots of this crisis,” Khalid Abdul Aziz, a political analyst in Sudan said.
