The Sudanese Human Rights Monitor
condemns the forcible deportation of the Sudanese asylum seekers from Amman,
Jordan and calls for the immediate stop of the operation
Khartoum, 18
December 2015
Authorities in
Amman, Jordan detained around 800 Sudanese asylum seekers including families.
Jordanian officials declared that asylum seekers would be deported back to
Sudan. According to reports, 430 asylum seekers have been already repatriated
to Sudan. Most of the Sudanese asylum seekers are from war torn regions in
Sudan. Such deportations are considered violations of the international law
which bars extradition of an asylum seeker to a country where he faces a risk
of persecution.
The Sudanese
Human Rights Monitor (SHRM) is following, with deep concern, the recent
developments in the case. SHRM strongly condemns the forcible deportation of
the asylum seekers by the Jordanian authorities and the repatriation of them to
their home country where they fled violence and harsh conditions. There was
even information from independent sources that a number of the deportees were
holding recognized refugee IDs issued by the UNHCR. In a flagrant violation of
international law, they have not been given a chance to prove their status as
political refugees before a court of law.
SHRM calls
upon the Jordanian authorities to immediately stop the forcible repatriation
operations and to ensure the basic rights of these asylum seekers as entitled
under the international law. SHRM further calls upon the UNCHR and all the concerned
entities to initiate a genuine investigation on the incidents and on the
allegations of cruelty and excessive use of violence against the asylum seekers
in the process of their repatriation. The UNHCR as well as other international
organizations and the international community are appealed to intervene to
ensure the protection of the asylum seekers. Similarly, SHRM appeals the
Jordanian and the Sudanese authorities to guarantee the safety and the
wellbeing of those asylum seekers.
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