Check out this story today. Note that anyone trying to understand what is happening in Darfur (a popular cause for many in Hollywood) would never know from reading this that it is Islamic supremacism behind the displacement and persecution of the non-Muslim Sudanese population. From the Hollywood-set and other humanitarians one never hears an outcry against the radical Islamists in power in the Sudan—the closest this article comes is to say the government is Arab-dominated—and the other radical Muslims trying to bring down that government.
Nairobi – The Sudanese government plans to start closing down camps for the displaced population in the war-torn region of Darfur next year, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Some 20 000 housing units are being constructed to accommodate the homeless in the towns of El-Fasher, El-Geneina and Nyala, Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Hasabu Abdel-Rahman told the UN-sponsored Miraya FM radio.
He said the displaced people will have the choice of returning to their village if they do not want to move to the new housing complexes.
Darfur rebel groups criticised the move, calling it a cover by the government to commit further crimes against the Darfur people.
A large segment of the population lives in camps while the Islamic government fights with other rebels, who also are Muslims.
Some 2.5 million people are living in refugee camps in Darfur.
The UN says up to 300 000 people have died and 2.7 million fled their homes since ethnic minority rebels in the region first rose up against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum in February 2003.
If the camps are closed, will we see a new flood of Sudanese refugees to the US in some sort of emergency action by the State Department?
There have been many positive stories in the news about Sudanese refugees faring well in the US, and others (that didn’t make the mainstream news) not doing well. See some previous posts on Sudanese refugees in the US in that latter group, here, here and here.