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Deported from Jordan to Egypt, Sudanese refugees are fleeing again

After fleeing the civil war in Sudan to Jordan, where they were again deported to Egypt, the Sudanese community now faces social and economic hardships that push some to risk their lives in the journey to Europe where they believe they will find a better life.
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For most of their marriage, Ahmed Hendika and Noralsham Mansur have been on the move.

It was 2014 when they were first forced from Sudan, fleeing government threats to find safety in Jordan. They were displaced a second time in December 2015, when Jordanian authorities sent them back to Khartoum in a mass deportation following a protest by Amman’s Sudanese community. Now they are in Cairo, escaping persecution in Sudan a second time. From this sprawling, often hostile city, they are contemplating their next move.

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