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On 30 May, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi concluded a three-day visit to Egypt with an urgent call for support for people fleeing Sudan - and the countries hosting refugees - and for the borders to remain open to those escaping the conflict. High Commissioner Grandi also redoubled his call for urgent diplomacy to secure meaningful peace between the two warring factions in Sudan, safe passage for civilians in the country, as well as humanitarian aid entering.
On 26 May, High Commissioner Grandi and Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry discussed the necessity of UNHCR mobilizing the required resources to support national efforts at the Egyptian-Sudanese border. In a meeting in Geneva, Grandi and Shoukry discussed the need to back Egyptian efforts to extend humanitarian and medical aid at the border for those who have fled the conflict in Sudan.
I told President El-Sisi about my visit to the Sudanese border. We discussed Egypt’s efforts to reconcile security concerns and its generous refugee policies. Egypt is committed to a humane approach towards refugees but needs donors and partners to help.
For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on 15 April, humanitarians have been able to reach desperate families trapped in the conflict’s epicentre, Khartoum, with food assistance. On 29 May, World Food Programme’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe, told reporters in Geneva that in a major breakthrough, the agency distributed food assistance to 15,000 people in both SAF and RSF controlled areas of Omdurman, part of the Khartoum metropolitan are.