With nowhere else to go, Sudanese refugees in Lebanon plead for evacuation

Abdelmonem Yahiya Osman holds a sign at a protest calling on the UNHCR to evacuate Sudanese asylum seekers in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 10, 2024 [Philippe Pernot/Al Jazeera]

Beirut, Lebanon – On November 10, Sudanese asylum seekers gathered to listen to Abdel Baqi Othman in a cafe in Lebanon’s capital Beirut.

The well-respected Sudanese activist spoke passionately about how Sudanese asylum seekers were trapped between the civil war in their homeland and Israel’s invasion of Lebanon.