Saturday, November 7, 2026 • Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean route: The Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration in Sudan, Mohamed Rifaat, said that Sudanese have become the largest nationality arriving in Europe via the Eastern Mediterranean route, warning that continued displacement and the shortfall in aid inside Sudan will put further pressure on neighbouring countries and beyond, while data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recorded the arrival of 14,104 Sudanese in Mediterranean Europe in 2025, an increase of 246% over 2024, led by Greece with 9,110 arrivals, and 93% of those covered by the UNHCR survey passed through Libya (Source: United Nations News and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) • Egypt and the limits of "voluntary return": A new analytical report concluded that many Sudanese in Egypt face a difficult choice between remaining in difficult living and legal conditions and returning to a country still witnessing violence and hunger, noting that the special return train transported 42,944 Sudanese up to December 2025, and that the UNHCR closed two of its three registration centres in 2025 and concentrated its services in 6th of October City, with registration and renewal appointments extending into 2027 and 2028, and that 34% of newly arrived families did not seek medical care despite needing it, according to the UNHCR's 2025 assessment (Source: InfoMigrants citing the Next Century Foundation and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) • Aswan and an initiative for teachers: The Aswan branch of Al-Qabas Al-Munir School launched on Thursday evening, November 5, the "Samar Session" initiative at the headquarters of the Consulate General of the Republic of Sudan in Aswan, to serve as a periodic space for communication, cultural and educational dialogue and the exchange of expertise among Sudanese teachers, in the presence of Consul General Osama Hassan Suleiman, the head of the Sudanese community in Aswan Ahmed Wadaa, the poet Abdel Wahab Helawi, and the directors and teachers of Sudanese schools, and the evening witnessed the honouring of a number of figures from education and the community (Source: 5minute News)
— Editorial Team
