Darfur: COR and UNHCR’s capacity was maintained in South Darfur to provide continuous biometric registration of refugees from the Central African Republic, as a result 663 new arrivals from CAR were registered on prima facie basis. In Central Darfur, over 1,600 Chadian refugees were initially registered for voluntary repatriation back to Chad, with their profiles and preferences having been shared with UNHCR in Chad. The total of 9412 Chadian and CAR refugees were registered.
East: As of end 2017, in total 9,974 asylum-seekers crossed the Sudanese borders and were registered on manifest by COR in five entry points (Hamdayet, Gergef, Kassala, Gadaref and Red Sea). These families were temporarily hosted in reception centres managed by COR, funded and monitored by UNHCR and then organized convoys moved them from reception centres to Shagarab where they benefited from screenings, followed by reception process (COR), registration in ProGres database (UNHCR and COR) and Refugee Determination Status (RSD) process by COR. Recognized refugees were provided with refugee ID cards and registered with Immigration Passport and Police. By end 2017, 3,350 individuals are individually biometrically registered in UNHC’s registration system (ProGres). The gap noticed between figures received at entry points against those registered in ProGres is explained by onward movement perpetrated by new arrivals not willing to stay in the camps when they enter in Sudanese territory. The onward movement percentage is estimated to 66% of the total population that crossed the Sudanese borders in 2017. Onward movement affected both new arrivals and also some old caseloads.