TNAG-1542-FCO40-2106-United-Nations-High-Commissioner-for-Refugees-(UNHCR)-Execut-1986 — Page 164

CONFIDENTIAL

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ODA QUESTIONNAIRE ON UNHCR:

SUDAN

(Mrs Wyeth's minute of 24 July 1986)

1.

2.

(i) An unascertainable number of Ethiopians (Eritreans

and Tigreans); Chadians and Ugandans.

(ii) Most Eritreans and some Tigreans; the Ugandans

and roughly half the Chadians.

(iii) Most Tigreans and some Eritreans; roughly half the

Chadians.

(iv) An unascertainable number of Ethiopians fear internal

resettlement.

(v) Steady influx since the early 1970s caused by internal

conflicts in Sudan's neighbours; mass influx caused

mainly but not solely by drought in 1984/85.

(vi) Until mid-1986, the Sudanese authorities gave virtually

all incomers full refugee status. From June 1986, they became more discriminatory; appreciable numbers of incomers from Ethiopia were regarded as migrant workers

and were refused registration as refugees. We

understand that UNHCR is obliged to accept the govern-

mental classification.

(i) By the Sudanese Commission for Refugees assisted

by UNHCR.

(ii) Tribal leaders and heads of families.

(iii) They spend their working days among the refugees,

many live in the camps.

(iv) Yes.

(v) Yes.

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