Guidance

Sudan: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Documents

Country policy and information note: humanitarian situation, Sudan, February 2024

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Country policy and information note: security situation, Sudan, June 2023

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Country policy and information notes (previously known as country information and guidance reports) are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

The notes also give information on asylum seekers’ countries of origin.

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Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 7 November 2024 + show all updates
  1. Information on non-Arab Darfuris updated with new paragraphs 7.3.2 and 7.3.3.

  2. Country policy and information note on non-Arab Darfuris has been updated (August 2024).

  3. Guidance on return of unsuccessful asylum seekers, Sudan, July 2018 has been removed as it is out of date.

  4. Outdated guidance removed: Sexual orientation and gender identity / expression, 2022; Opposition to the government, 2021; Nuba, Sudan, 2020; Report of a fact-finding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.

  5. Published version 2.0 of the country policy and information note: humanitarian situation, Sudan.

  6. Added country and policy information note on the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

  7. Added information on security situation.

  8. Added information on sexual orientation and gender identity / expression.

  9. Updated Country policy and information note: non-Arab Darfuri for October 2021.

  10. Replaced Sudan country policy and information note: opposition to the government, including sur place activity, November 2018, with a new version

  11. Added country policy and information note: Nuba.

  12. Replaced Sudan country policy and information note, non-Arab Darfuris, September 2018 with a new version.

  13. Added new document: return of unsuccessful asylum seekers.

  14. "Report of a fact-finding mission to Khartoum, Sudan" document added to the page.

  15. Replaced the CPIN Sudan - Opposition to the government, including sur place activity August 2017 with a new version.

  16. Updated country policy and information note for non-Arab Darfuris

  17. Information on returning unsuccessful asylum seekers updated.

  18. New country policy and information notes on rejected asylum seekers and opposition to the government, including Sur Place activity.

  19. Information on non-Arab Darfuris published.

  20. First published.

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