Al-Yurae – Khartoum – Assistant Director General of Khartoum State Police Lieutenant General Ibrahim Shamin revealed to the daily newspaper (Al-Tayar) that 80% of the crimes committed in the Sudanese capital involve migrants
The frequency of crimes in the Sudanese capital has increased dramatically in the past two years, and serious crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping and murder have emerged, even in areas that were considered safe, in broad daylight and on public roads, which provoked a wave of panic and great resentment among the residents of the capital, Khartoum.
At the same time, the authorities of Khartoum State revealed the formation of a joint committee of all competent parties to count refugees in the state, and the state police confirmed that 80% of the crimes committed involved the foreign presence.
The governor of Khartoum, Ahmed Osman Hamza, directed after a meeting on Sunday to discuss the problem of the presence of refugees in the camps, which included the assistant director general of the state police, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Shamin, the refugee commissioner Musa Ali Ataron, and the assistant accredited in the state of the need to find alternatives to the integration camp in the eastern Nile and the waiting point in Naivasha.
The governor stressed the need to coordinate efforts between official agencies within the framework of arranging the situation in a way that preserves the security and safety of refugees and provides services to them so that this presence does not pose a security threat.
In the same context, the refugee commissioner, Musa Ali Ataroun, pointed out that there are (37) areas in the state where refugees are concentrated and they are dealt with in accordance with the policies in force and the international conventions, and said that the UNHCR is now working on counting refugees in cooperation with the High Commissioner.
