Sudan is located in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest.
The majority of those fleeing South Sudan are women and children. They are survivors of violent attacks, sexual assault and, in many cases, children are traveling alone. Often, they arrive weak and malnourished. When the rainy season comes, their needs are compounded by flooding, food shortages and disease.
The Canada 2016 Census recorded 19,960 people who reported their ethnicity as Sudanese.
Youths are attracted by the promise of quick money while their parents work two jobs to get by. The gang members are a tiny percentage of the otherwise thriving 10,000-plus Sudanese refugees who now live in Omaha, which is thought to have the largest Sudanese refugee community in the nation.
The people of South Sudan are predominantly Africans who for the most part are Christian or follow traditional African religions. The largest ethnic group is the Dinka, who constitute about two-fifths of the population, followed by the Nuer, who constitute about one-fifth.
According to the 2016 census, around 7,700 people living in Australia were born in South Sudan, but in 2018 the Refugee Council of Australia said the real number was closer to 24,000. Most are refugees who fled civil war in the African nations.
About 272,000 refugees from South Sudan were living in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia, as of April 2016. Most of them live in these refugee camps: Pugnido camp: ~62,801. Tierkidi camp: ~54,750.
Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees, with nearly 3.7 million people.
Refugees of Sudan
| Total population |
|---|
| approximately 40.2 million |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Sudan | 3,200,000 (internally displaced) |
| Egypt | 29,286 |
The vast influx of refugees is due to several factors in Uganda's neighboring countries, especially war and violence in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and associated economic crisis and political instability in the region.
Sudan - Level 4: Do Not Travel. Do not travel to Sudan due to COVID-19. Reconsider travel due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed conflict.
At the end of 2020, there were 82.4 million forcibly displaced people in the world, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), of which more than a quarter are refugees. This number has doubled since 2010 and is higher now than it has ever been.
Often, they arrive weak and malnourished. When the rainy season comes, their needs are compounded by flooding, food shortages and disease. Inside South Sudan, nearly two million people are displaced while outside the country there are now over two million South Sudanese refugees, mainly in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Uganda.
About 60,000 Ethiopians have fled to Sudan and are camping in the eastern cities bordering Ethiopia. Sudanese analysts like Ahmed Abdelghani warn the influx from the Amhara region might lead to tension between Amharans and Tigrayans in the camps.
Many out-of-camp settlements are in remote and underdeveloped areas, where resources, infrastructure and basic services are extremely limited. Some 30 per cent of refugees in Sudan live in 22 camps, and over half of those living in camps were born there.
Roughly two million people died as a result of war, famine and disease caused by the conflict. Four million people in southern Sudan were displaced at least once (and normally repeatedly) during the war.
By 2015, Sudan became a Syrian-refugee hosting country because it became the only country in the region that did not require visas for Syrians. Syrians in Sudan now number approximately 250,000.
Sudan hosts the largest South Sudanese refugee population, of 792,000, more than half of whom arrived after the outbreak of South Sudan's civil war in December that year, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR.
There are few large towns in southern Sudan and most people live in small villages in round, thatched houses. Most do not have electricity. People herd cattle at riverside camps in the dry season and grow millet and other grains in fixed settlements during the rainy season.
With over 19 major ethnic groups and over 500 different languages, the Sudanese people consists of individuals of Arab and African descent. Sudanese Arabs make up a majority of the country's ethnic groups however, if counted as one group Sudanese African ethnic groups significantly outnumber Sudanse Arabs.
The country's name Sudan is a name given to a geographical region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western Africa to eastern Central Africa. The name derives from the Arabic bilÄd as-sÅ«dÄn (بلاد السودان), or "The Land of the Blacks".
Sudanese migrants to the UK have traditionally included professionals, business people and academics, and more recently have included asylum seekers fleeing Sudan's second civil war. Sudanese people live in many of the UK's largest cities and towns.
