Since the fall of Omar al-Bashir, the new government has reconsidered the system of obtaining nationality, which has been practiced for thirty years under the old regime. Many passports were granted out of political, diplomatic or economic interest.
as reported from Nairobi, Sebastien nemeth
Passports are officially canceled due to security or health problems with their holders or due to the document being fraudulently acquired.
This is the follow-up to the operation to clean up the nationality system that started in May 2019, one month after the fall of Omar al-Bashir. A committee had been set up to examine the thousands of passports issued under the old regime. A practice undermined by addiction.
Influential personalities, for example, related to human trafficking by giving passports in exchange for 10 to 15,000 dollars.
Sudanese nationality was also granted to opposition Islamists such as the Tunisian Rached Ghannouchi, founder of the Ennahdha party.
One year ago, the Sovereign Council declared that passports, sometimes diplomatic, were issued to members of extremist Islamist groups.
The previous regime was also particularly generous to Syrians: 250,000 have taken refuge in the country since 2011. Many have been granted nationality. Omar al-Bashir had even allowed them to apply only six months after arriving in Sudan, one of the few countries that did not restrict their entry. Some believe that the former president wanted to liberate Arabia and the Gulf states, which had closed their doors to Syria.
Finally, during the Darfur War, many West Africans, Chadians, Nigerians and Malians were encouraged to occupy the lands abandoned by the inhabitants fleeing the war and the militias.
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