Date: 2010
Type: Technical Report
Legal Framework of Migration in Sudan
Technical Report, [Migration Policy Centre], [CARIM-South], CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes, 2010/78, Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Migration: Recent Developments Series
BABIKER, Mohamed Abdelsalam, Legal Framework of Migration in Sudan, [Migration Policy Centre], [CARIM-South], CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes, 2010/78, Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Migration: Recent Developments Series - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/15582
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This paper examines the various legal aspects of migration in Sudan and focuses on the regulatory framework in the last decade. It looks at legislations and regulations, which are organized around key elements of the migratory process, analyzing the national laws in several legal documents including the 2005 Interim National Constitution of the Republic of the Sudan (INC 2005), national laws, regulations and decrees. The paper falls into three main parts while focusing on three categories: refugees and asylum seekers; the legal framework governing foreign nationals or aliens; and, finally, legal issues governing nationality and citizenship. The paper concludes by arguing that the migratory situation in Sudan has changed in the past decade for various reasons including increased foreign investments (which have attracted international corporations and foreign laborers) as well as the relaxation of immigration rules, allowing particularly Arab and Muslims groups to enter Sudan that they see as a haven. Asylum seekers and refugees entering Sudan in large numbers have also proved to be problematic. The migratory situation in Sudan, this paper argues, has not been matched with adequate rules and regulations to cope with the new realities. / Cette note analyse les divers aspects juridiques de la migration au Soudan, en s’appuyant sur le cadre juridique de la dernière décennie. Elle examine les législations et réglementations qui régissent les éléments clé du processus migratoire. Elle se base sur l’étude des règles nationales existantes, incluant la Constitution nationale provisoire de la République du Soudan de 2005, les lois, règlements et décrets nationaux. La note est divisée en trois parties selon trois thèmes : réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile ; cadre juridique régissant les étrangers ; nationalité et citoyenneté. La note conclut que la situation migratoire au Soudan a changé ces dix dernières années du fait de plusieurs facteurs, au nombre desquels le développement des investissements étrangers (attirant des entreprises et des travailleurs étrangers) ainsi que l’assouplissement de certaines règles d’immigration en particulier celles permettant aux Arabes et musulmans de trouver un refuge sûr. La question des demandeurs d’asile et des réfugiés entrant au Soudan est également problématique. La réglementation actuelle ne semble pas à même de répondre aux nouvelles réalités de la situation migratoire au Soudan.
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Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM)
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Series/Number: [Migration Policy Centre]; [CARIM-South]; CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes; 2010/78; Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Migration: Recent Developments Series