The influx of thousands of displaced miners exacerbates the humanitarian situation at Arqin crossing

Arqin – OnePress

The Arqin border crossing is witnessing a worsening humanitarian situation following the arrival of thousands of Sudanese deported from Egypt, which led to great pressure on the services and capabilities available at the crossing.

According to Brigadier Dr. Mubarak Daoud said that the crossing received at dawn today 26 buses carrying more than 2500 people from civil mining workers came through the Egyptian city of Edfu, pointing out that the large numbers of arrivals exceeded the capacity of the available facilities.

It called on the federal government and northern state authorities to intervene urgently to provide food, medicine and internal transport arrangements, warning of the worsening humanitarian crisis with new arrivals expected in the coming hours.