Sunday, October 11, 2026 • Voluntary return: The Displacement Tracking Matrix of the International Organization for Migration (October 3 report) reveals that 11% of those entering Sudan from neighbouring countries intend to leave the country again within three months — more than double the rate recorded in October 2025 (5%); the Matrix recorded 1,110,605 crossings into Sudan from Egypt, Chad, Ethiopia and Eritrea between January 2024 and August 2026, at a time when 68% intend to return to their areas of origin and 21% to move internally. (Source: International Organization for Migration via People Daily) • Funding: The World Food Programme warns this week that the severe shortage in humanitarian funding threatens millions of Sudanese refugees, and that life-saving food assistance may "stop completely" in the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya in the coming months as resources run out, noting that Chad — which hosts about a quarter of the four million Sudanese refugees — will soon see food rations reduced without new contributions. (Source: World Food Programme via Eastleigh Voice) • Expatriates and remittances: Al-Zajel Company submitted an official memorandum to the Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan on behalf of large numbers of Sudanese residing in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Rwanda and neighbouring countries, demanding direct official transfer channels, linking Sudanese banks to approved digital financial systems in countries of residence, and enabling transfers via licensed electronic wallets, warning that current obstacles push some, reluctantly, towards intermediaries and informal channels. (Source: Ajel News) • National dialogue: The Secretary-General of the Sudanese Expatriates Affairs Authority, Dr. Abdulrahman Sayed Ahmed, affirmed that the participation of expatriates and migrants in the Sudanese–Sudanese dialogue is a "fundamental pillar" of its course, announcing the preparation of a roadmap to inventory the issues of Sudanese abroad and a move soon to direct communication with communities to determine representation mechanisms and priorities. (Source: Sudan Plus / Nabd Al-Sudan) • Global mobility restrictions: The New Humanitarian newspaper (October 6) tracks tightening global mobility restrictions on Sudanese — a US entry ban on Sudanese passport holders, a ban on studying in Britain, Australian legislation allowing visa withholding, with the deportation of tens of thousands from Egypt and harsh Ethiopian residency rules that left many between imprisonment and poverty — at a time when the majority of Sudanese refugees live in neighbouring countries. (Source: The New Humanitarian)
— Editorial Team