The "Voluntary Return" - Train from Egypt to Sudan

Since October 2025, Egypt has run a program transporting Sudanese nationals home by train from Cairo's main train Station to Aswan in the South of Egypt. Then the trip continues onward by bus and challenging border crossings. It's called "Voluntary Return." But set that name against three parallel trends: arrest campaigns, near-impossible access to residency papers, and an ongoing war in Sudan — and
the word "voluntary" becomes a real journalistic question, not a semantic one. read more

Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Afrika, Amerika, Egypt, Europa, Europäische Union, Libya, Nordafrika, Sudan