Saturday, September 26, 2026 • Egypt has launched free train journeys to help hundreds of Sudanese refugees return voluntarily to Khartoum, as refugees gathered at Cairo's main railway station to travel first to Aswan on a journey taking about 12 hours, then complete the journey — totalling about 2,080 kilometres — by ferries and buses towards Sudan, as part of an Egyptian government initiative to support returnees, while Egypt hosts about 1.5 million Sudanese refugees. (Source: BBC / The Eastleigh Voice) • The International Organization for Migration revealed that more than 5.1 million displaced Sudanese have returned to their areas of origin, including about 930,000 returnees from abroad — half of them returned from Egypt (50%), followed by South Sudan (25%), Libya (10%) and the Gulf countries (8%) — and the organization's Director General warned that many are returning to destroyed homes, closed schools and scarce livelihood opportunities, and that without urgent support they may be forced to flee again. (Source: International Organization for Migration — IOM) • The UN Refugee Agency's regional office in Europe published a report documenting that more than 11.4 million people had been displaced by Sudan's war as of July 6, 2026, including more than 4.5 million who fled outside the country, that about 60% of Sudanese refugees are hosted by seven neighbouring countries, and that movement towards Europe is increasing — driven mainly by protection needs and unmet basic needs in first countries of asylum — through journeys passing through several countries and exposing them to new risks. (Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
— Editorial Team