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Published 9 December 2016 Last updated 19 July 2024 +show all updates
Outdated guidance removed: Sexual orientation and gender identity / expression, 2022; Opposition to the government, 2021; Nuba, Sudan, 2020; Report of a fact-finding mission to Khartoum, 2018; Report of a joint Home Office fact finding mission: situation of persons from Darfur, Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile in Khartoum, 2016.
Published version 2.0 of the country policy and information note: humanitarian situation, Sudan.
Added country and policy information note on the humanitarian situation in Sudan.
Added information on security situation.
Added information on sexual orientation and gender identity / expression.
Updated Country policy and information note: non-Arab Darfuri for October 2021.
Replaced Sudan country policy and information note: opposition to the government, including sur place activity, November 2018, with a new version
Added country policy and information note: Nuba.
Replaced Sudan country policy and information note, non-Arab Darfuris, September 2018 with a new version.
Added new document: return of unsuccessful asylum seekers.
"Report of a fact-finding mission to Khartoum, Sudan" document added to the page.
Replaced the CPIN Sudan - Opposition to the government, including sur place activity August 2017 with a new version.
Updated country policy and information note for non-Arab Darfuris
Information on returning unsuccessful asylum seekers updated.
New country policy and information notes on rejected asylum seekers and opposition to the government, including Sur Place activity.
