Home Country Guidance: Sudan 6. Internal protection alternative Table of contents Table of Contents List of abbreviations and glossary Introduction Guidance note Common analysis 1. General situation in Sudan 2. Actors of persecution or serious harm 2.1. Map: areas of control and influence 2.2. The Sudanese authorities, the Sudanese Armed Forces [SAF] and main allies 2.3. The Rapid Support Forces [RSF] and allies 2.4. Other armed groups 2.5. Other actors 3. Refugee status General remarks 3.1. Ethnic groups 3.1.1. Non-Arabs/Africans from Darfur 3.1.2. Nuba from the Kordofans 3.1.3. Arabs from Darfur and the Kordofans 3.2. Individuals fearing forced recruitment by the RSF 3.3. Members of the Resistance committees (RCs) and Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) 3.4. Members of political parties, unions and civil society organisations 3.5. Community leaders, human rights activists and lawyers 3.6. Journalists and other media workers 3.7. Humanitarian and healthcare workers 3.8. Civilians from areas associated with the opposing warring party 3.9. Women and girls 3.9.1. Violence against women and girls 3.9.2. Forced and child marriage 3.9.3. Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) 3.9.4. Trafficking in women and girls 3.10. Children 3.10.1. Child recruitment 3.10.2. Child labour and child trafficking 3.11. Persons with diverse SOGIESC 4. Subsidiary protection 4.1. Article 15(a) QD/QR: death penalty or execution 4.2. Article 15(b) QD/QR: torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 4.2.1. Healthcare and socio-economic conditions 4.2.2. Arbitrary arrests, illegal detention and prison conditions 4.2.3. Criminal violence 4.2.4. Violence in relation to land expropriation 4.3. Article 15(c) QD/QR: indiscriminate violence in situations of armed conflict 4.3.1.Preliminary remarks 4.3.2. Armed conflict (international or internal) 4.3.3. Qualification of a person as a ‘civilian’ 4.3.4. Indiscriminate violence a) Security situation in Sudan: recent events b) Assessment of indiscriminate violence per region 4.3.5. Serious and individual threat 4.3.6. Qualification of the harm as ‘threat to (a civilian’s) life or person 4.3.7. Nexus/'by reason of' 5. Actors of protection 5.1. The State 5.1.1. The Sudanese authorities 5.1.2. The Sudanese armed forces 5.2. Parties or organisations 5.2.1. The Rapid Support forces and its allies 6. Internal protection alternative Preliminary remarks 6.1. Part of the country 6.2. Safety 6.3. Travel and admittance 6.4. Reasonableness to settle 6.4.1. General situation 6.4.2. Conclusion on reasonableness 6.5. General conclusion on the applicability of IPA 7. Exclusion 7.1. Exclusion based on the commission of international crimes 7.2. Exclusion based on the commission of a serious crime 7.3. Exclusion based on acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 7.4. Exclusion based on constituting a danger to the community or to the security of the Member State Annex: Country of origin information references Citation Please cite as: EUAA, '6. Internal protection alternative' in Country Guidance: Sudan, June 2025. Copy Share Print COMMON ANALYSISLast update: June 2025 Article 8 QD | Article 8 QR The contents of this chapter include: Preliminary remarks 6.1. Part of the country 6.2. Safety 6.3. Travel and admittance 6.4. Reasonableness to settle 6.5. General conclusion on the applicability of IPA Book traversal links for 6. Internal protection alternative Previous Parent Next
