Buses of Palestinian returnees from Sudan arrive in Egypt: Embassy

CAIRO – 27 April 2023: The buses carrying the Palestinian citizens from Sudan arrived in Egypt on Thursday morning through the Arqin border crossing, announced the Palestinian embassy in a statement.

A total of 194 citizens will then head to the Gaza Strip through Rafah border crossing accompanied by the embassy representative, and 29 citizens will move to the Cairo International Airport to travel to their next destinations, the statement added.

The Palestinian Embassy in Cairo made intensive contacts with the concerned Egyptian agencies for the transfer of its citizens from Khartoum to the Gaza Strip. The embassy thanked the Egyptian government and its concerned agencies for their keenness to secure “the exit of the Palestinian returnees and to overcome all obstacles until their safe return to their families and relatives.”

Egypt has stepped up its evacuation efforts in Sudan as it managed to evacuate more than 16,000 people including Egyptians and other nationals, according to a statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Thursday.

Since the clashes started between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last week, Egypt has been calling for consolidating a ceasefire in Sudan and ending hostilities

Egypt, which has around 10,000 citizens, including students, in Sudan, has so far repatriated 1,539 citizens, according to figures released by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.