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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Hebe Campbell

‘I was lying between a lorry and a train’: One refugee’s two-year journey from Sudan to the UK

It took Ismail two years to reach the UK from Sudan, where he fled a life defined by conflict and a constant struggle to survive.

Two years into a brutal civil war, Sudan is in the grip of what the UN has called the world’s “worst humanitarian crisis”. The latest figures from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs show that 30.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, while more than 12 million people have been displaced since April 2023.

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