Sudanese flee to Egypt as Cairo works to avoid ‘refugee crisis’

Sudanese and other nationals arrive by bus in the Egyptian capital, Cairo [Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters]

As tens of thousands of Sudanese people stream north over the border into Egypt fleeing violence, stories of days-long delays at the border are emerging, with travellers suffering in the heat without food, water, or shelter.

But, observers say, the mass exodus developing into a refugee crisis for Egypt seems unlikely, for now.