White Nile State to begin deportation of South Sudanese on Saturday
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May 10, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Thousands of South Sudanese citizens
stranded in the capital of Sudan’s White Nile State, Kosti, will be
moved as of Saturday to Khartoum and flown to Juba afterward, an
official has said.
White Nile’s governor, Yusuf al-Shambali, told Sudan’s official news
agency (SUNA) on Thursday that the 12,000 South Sudanese stranded in
Kosti since several months are now due to be moved to the capital
Khartoum as of Saturday, 12 May.
He pointed out that the relocation process was agreed between local
authorities, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and
South Sudanese authorities.
The governor further revealed that the first batch of returnees would
be flown from Khartoum to Juba or Bahar el-Ghazal via IOM-chartered
flights on Sunday.
He added that their luggage would be transported over land to South Sudan.
Al-Shambali also pointed out that this process would continue on daily
basis until all South Sudanese in his state are gone.
The operation was announced last week by the IOM which said that the
returnees will travel to Khartoum by buses.
South Sudan agreed to issue emergency travel documentation to
facilitate their departure from Khartoum.
Also, South Sudanese authorities agreed to make arrangements to move
excess baggage given that every passenger will be allowed to take only
20kg of luggage with them in the fight.
Across the border in Juba, meanwhile, the Sudanese embassy requested
South Sudan authorities to extend the deadline for transportation of
northerners and regularizing the status of those who wish to stay in
South Sudan.
The embassy said it issued more than 1000 travel documents to the
Sudanese who want to go back and 300 passports to those who wish to
regularize their stay as foreigners.
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