When the UK evacuated their Embassy staff from Khartoum, they also brought British nationals and others without permanent resident status in the UK. Many were given temporary six-month visas, which expire Thursday. The World’s Marco Werman talks with William Carter, the Sudan country director for the Norwegian Refugee Council, about what kind of Sudan they would be forced to return to.
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