Refugees

Germany works at the border with Sudan and Eritrea

The state-owned development organisation GIZ is to the media a controversial border protection project report guide in Eritrea and Sudan, notwithstanding the precarious human rights situation there.

A Sudanese refugee woman with her child in South Sudan

The official development cooperation between Germany and the Sudan, and Eritrea is officially suspended due to the violation of human rights. However, according to research by the public broadcasting network, ARD, and of the magazine “der Spiegel” is coordinated by the state society for International cooperation (GIZ) is a border protection project in Eritrea and the Sudan, by the one of the main refugee routes in Africa.

Will the project funded by the European Union. The EU-project plan accordingly, also the delivery of equipment, including cars, cameras, scanners, and servers. In addition, security forces should be trained.The border project is part of a European Fund to combat the reasons for Flight. The Plan was binding, according to the Federal development Ministry on request. The details of the project but would not produced, there is also still no decision on the specific equipment had fallen.

Refugees from South Sudan arrive at a Sudanese border post at Joda (archive image of 2014)

The Sudanese foreign Minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, reported in an Interview with the ARD program “Report Mainz” of negotiations with the EU and Germany: His country had asked “for a long time after equipment such as GPS and other border protection equipment”. It had been spoken with Germany and the EU, and that he expected “a mutual agreement”.

The EU itself see a risk of Abuse in the delivery of equipment, the reports. To do this, it is hot in the project plan: “Equipment could be used for repression of the civilian population.” Against the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir an arrest warrant of the International criminal court in The Hague. The project will take place yet, because it will be funded by the EU, said the German development Ministry.

Controversial Action Plan

Another in the EU project listed project spaces, the construction of reception camps for refugees, including Detention. Also for this purpose, no final decision had fallen, according to the Ministry. Sudanese authorities plan, however, according to “Report Mainz” already the construction of new camps. It had also been in talks with German delegations, reports, therefore, several Stakeholders are in agreement.

Against Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir (M.) is an international arrest warrant

Given the large number of migrants from Africa, the EU-States plans for increased cooperation with crisis countries such as Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia. As a basis for a plan of action, the heads of state and government of the EU member States last November at a special summit with representatives of African countries had adopted. This provides, inter alia, smuggling of human beings to curb and more poverty refugees to Africa to send it back. In turn, it should give more financial aid.

As controversial plans apply mainly because countries such as Eritrea or Sudan rulers have regarded themselves as the reason for the escape of people.

stu/SC (afp, dpa)