Khartoum, June 22 — In a meeting that gathered activists from South Sudan with the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) headquarters in Burri—Khartoum, a number of issues related to the situation of the South Sudanese refugees in Sudan were discussed.
Abdul Rahman Nor Aldin Madani, a member of the secretariat of Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) Executive Committee, said that they are interested in this meeting because it is a good gesture to understand the sporadic problems that the people of South Sudan are being exposed to in the camps and their residential areas inside the capital in Khartoum and across the country, referring to the recent Al-Geref East events that led to burning of refugees shelters by Sudanese youth, describing it as unfortunate and unacceptable.
In the same context, Madani praised the activists’ initiative to oversee on the status of refugees issues that are facing recognition problem according to international declarations, explaining that it will affect learning a lot about the refugee situation in Sudan, especially issues related to refugee protection in accordance to international humanitarian laws.
He revealed that, as a concerned body that care about the condition of the people within the country, they promise to do their best to address issues concerning South Sudanese refugees a few days back.
Meanwhile, Dr. Ayul Quob the chair of the Peace Wings Initiative (PWI) expressed their great pleasure to Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) for accepting the meeting to discuss such issues, confirming his confidence that the leadership of (SPA) will run to solve the problems that are now taking place regarding the conditions of South Sudanese refugees in Sudan so that they enjoy their full legal rights as refugees.
On Saturday, a young South Sudanese refugee was killed by an unknown person in the camp after a group of youth attacked the Alshegla Refugees Camp, East Khartoum.