Saudi Arabia: Information about the Saudi Arabian government or its security forces ordering the return of Sudanese residents back to Sudan, at the request of the Sudanese government to face political charges relating to membership in the banned Democratic Unionist Party (D.U.P.)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SAU5798 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Saudi Arabia: Information about the Saudi Arabian government or its security forces ordering the return of Sudanese residents back to Sudan, at the request of the Sudanese government to face political charges relating to membership in the banned Democratic Unionist Party (D.U.P.), 1 August 1990, SAU5798, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab4bc.html [accessed 20 May 2023] |
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According to a authority on Arab affairs Saudi Arabia and Sudan, both members of the Arab League, enjoy very close relations. He stated that although there are no reported official agreements between the two countries to repatriate politically active nationals or the mass repatriation of Sudanese from Saudi Arabia, "one cannot speculate on the fate of individual Sudanese political opponents in Saudi Arabia" (telephone interview on 10 August 1990). The source suggested the unlikelihood of a Sudanese political opponent seeking refuge in Saudi Arabia.
For further information regarding Sudanese emigration, please consult the attached excerpt from the following document:
-Marc Lavergne, Le Soudan Contemporain, Paris: Karthala, 1989, pp. 549-571.
