The Sudanese asylum seekers and refugees had been protesting for more than a month when the police came to deport them late December. Hundreds were camped outside the Amman offices of the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, driven to desperate measures by poverty and hopelessness in Jordan, where life for many has been on hold for years. They’d demanded more support, and resettlement to a country where they could build a life for themselves. “We can’t carry on like this,” Hatem, a protestor whose name has been changed to protect his safety, told IRIN. But instead of relief, around 600 Sudanese were returned to Khartoum. International agencies agree they’re not safe in Sudan, where ongoing violence...
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