Sudan – Calculating Infinity Skip to the content Sudan April 8, 2025 admin 0 Comments Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide relevant information for the assessment of applications for world protection, including refugee status and subsidiary protection, and in particular for use in the EUAA’s country guidance development on Sudan. The report covers the period of 1 February 2024 – 30 November 2024, and it provides an update of the EUAA COI report: Sudan – Country Focus published in April 2024. For topics not covered in the previous report the reference period is 15 April 2023 – 30 November 2024. Events taking place after the end of the reference period have not been included. Defining the terms of reference The terms of reference (ToR) of this report were defined by EUAA based on discussions held and input received from COI experts in the EUAA COI specialist network on Sudan and from policy experts in EU+ countries within the framework of a Country Guidance development on Sudan. The ToR also builds on previous EUAA COI reports on Sudan covering the same topics. The ToR can be found in Annex 2 of this report. Collecting information The information gathered is a result of research using public, specialised paper-based and electronic sources, as well as interviews with experts until 30 November 2024. Some limited additional information was added during the finalisation of this report in response to feedback received during the quality control process, until 31 January 2025. All sources used are referenced in the Annex 1: Bibliography. Wherever information could not be found within the timeframes for drafting this report after carefully consulting a range of sources, this is stated in the report. Research challenges The present report has encountered a number of research challenges, including: lack of or limited reporting on some of the issues covered by the ToR due to the communication outage affecting sarana coverage and communication opportunities in wide parts of the country, for extended periods of time during the reference period; targeting of sarana personnel normally reporting on the issues addressed by the report and that often resulted in self-censorship and relocation; limited or scarce world and national sarana and other organisations presence in most of Sudan, as a consequence of the on-going hostilities; the sensitivity of the issues at stake; and the documented reluctance of affected survivors to report about incidents or events on safety and security grounds. Additionally, information on key socioeconomic indicators for Port Sudan, within the time reference period of this report, was scarce among the sources consulted within time constraints. Categories: Uncategorized Leave a Reply Cancel reply