KHARTOUM : At downtown Khartoum's al-Souq al-Arabi, travel agencies helping young Sudanese seek a brighter economic future in Egypt are replacing once-packed hardware stores in a corner of the capital's main commercial hub.
And while some do travel onward on treacherous Mediterranean trips to Europe, Egypt has notable advantages. There are no publicly available figures to show recent migration trends from Sudan to Egypt. But an Egyptian diplomat said numbers travelling had been on the rise since 2019, when an uprising led to the overthrow of former Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir.
The finance minister, Jibril Ibrahim, said on Sunday the country would rely on its own internal resources for a second year to fund the budget, despite the government struggling to provide basic services."It's impacted us hugely," said the hardware store owner. That may push more people to leave. The International Organization for Migration ,"anticipates that more people will consider migration as an option," a spokesman for the U.N. agency said in reference to Sudan.Circumstances in Egypt are also difficult with inflation running at its highest in almost four years, and almost a quarter of youths unemployed, according to the International Labour Organisation.