Sudan’s parliament endorsed a human trafficking act that allows to sentence human traffickers with the death penalty.
According to Sudan’s leading english daily paper, the decision was made after thorough study and deliberations by MPs representing legislation, justice, defense and security, who approved the death sentence act. Members of Parliament emphasized the necessity of harsh punishments for human traffickers.
UNHCR said last year that Sudan hosts bout half a million of refugees from the Horn of Africa states most of them are from Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia who spread in all Sudanese towns.
Sudan’s Minister of Interior, Babikir Ahmed Digna called for the establishment of specialized institutions to control such crimes.
Many victims of human trafficking use Sudan as the origin or hub to migrate via the dangerous Sinai in Egypt to host destinations such as Israel or Europe.
According to data released by Israel’s Ministry of Interior, there are about 55,000 people in Israel who had irregularly entered via the Egyptian border. Of these, 66 per cent are Eritreans, and 25 per cent are Sudanese.
