2023
تجارة التاشيرة
Entry type: Single project
Country/area: Sudan
Publishing organisation: الجزيرة نت – اعلاميون من اجل صحافة استقصائية عربية (أريج) – middleeasteye
Organisation size: Big
Publication date: 2022-05-04
Language: Arabic, English
Authors: حيدر عبدالكريم
Biography:
صحفي لديه ما يقرب من 10 سنوات من الخبرة ومتخصص في الصحافة الاستقصائية. فاز حديثا جائزة محجوب محمدصالح الصحفية المرموقة في السودان. عمل في صحية الايام اليومية ( سنوات ومن ثم في عدد من المواقع الالكترونية ومتعاونا مع شبكة اعلاميون من اجل صحافة استقصائية عربية (اريج) والمركز الدولي للصحفيين، حاليا، ييعمل صحافي مستقل بالاضافة الى مسؤول مكتب وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي بشبكة عاين الاخبارية
Project description:
The official free visa agreement between the two countries guarantees the right of mobility and residence for their citizens using any identification papers.
Yet most applicants never make it to the counter. They are forced into paying fees to agents, who are capable of facilitating the swift application processing needed to obtain a visa that is otherwise free of charge.
In addition, the process has created a buoyant underground market for selling required documents, including forged medical forms
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Project links:
https://arij.net/investigations/visas-trade/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-egypt-free-visas-black-market-denies-access
