The Government Has Evacuated 823 Indonesian Citizens From Sudan Who Are Conflicting

Dozens of Indonesian citizens who were evacuated from Sudan arrived in Jakarta on Monday, May 1. (photo: dock. intermediate)

JAKARTA - The government has repatriated 75 Indonesian citizens (WNI) using Indonesian Air Force aircraft, in the third stage of the evacuation from Sudan. "Most of the Indonesian citizens who were evacuated were students and three of them were Indonesian migrant workers," said the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a written statement, Monday, May 1. Previously, the government had succeeded in repatriating 385 Indonesian citizens on April 28, 2023 and 363 Indonesian citizens on April 30, 2023. The total number of Indonesian citizens who were successfully evacuated from conflict areas in Sudan was 823 people, consisting of 555 men and 268 women.

WNI yang telah dipulangkan ke Tanah Air akan menginap di Asrama Haji Pondok Gede, Jakarta Timur, untuk penanganan lebih lanjut oleh kementerian/lembaga terkait, sebelum dipulangkan ke daerah asalnya.Situasi di Sudan bergejolak sejak konflik militer antara Angkatan Bersenjata Sudan (SAF) dan kelompok paramiliter Pasukan Dukungan Cepat (RSF) meletus pada 15 April 2023.Konflik tersebut mengancam situasi keamanan di Sudan sehingga KBRI Khartoum menetapkan status Siaga II pada 16 April 2023.Dengan meningkatnya eskalasi konflik, pada20 April 2023, KBRI Khartoum menetapkan status Siaga I.