Immigration
Entry law formally in force while the country is a mass displacement emergency
The Passports and Immigration Act 2015 and the Asylum Act 2014 form the framework. Sudan has since become the site of one of the world's largest displacement crises, with millions internally displaced and large outflows to Chad and Egypt.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — National. The Commission for Refugees historically handled asylum jointly with UNHCR.
Governing law
- Passports and Immigration Act 2015
- Asylum (Organisation) Act 2014
- Sudanese Nationality Act 1994as amended 2011
In practice
Sudan was for decades a significant refugee host, particularly of Eritreans, Ethiopians, Syrians and South Sudanese, and the 2014 Asylum Act provided for a domestic determination framework operated with UNHCR. That position inverted after April 2023: Sudan is now primarily a source of displacement, with very large internal displacement and cross-border movement into Chad, Egypt, South Sudan and Ethiopia. The 2011 nationality amendments following South Sudan's secession stripped Sudanese nationality from those who acquired South Sudanese nationality, which created statelessness risks for people of mixed or contested origin and remains a live legal problem. Border procedure, visa issuance and status determination in the current conflict cannot be described reliably, so this entry records the statutes and the displacement facts without asserting how entry is administered.