Migration 'time bomb' as civil war grips Sudan

BRITAIN faces a “migration time bomb” as the collapse of Sudan in a brutal civil war threatens to create millions of refugees.

- By Jonathan Walker WHITEHALL EDITOR

The UK is to send £5million in aid to the stricken nation after the fall of the city of El Fasher brought scenes of horrifying atrocities

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned the “mass executions, starvation and the devastating use of rape as a weapon of war”.

But the world’s failure to end the suffering will have a direct impact on the UK, according to foreign policy expert Tobias Ellwood.

The former Army captain and ex-MP, who served as Minister for Africa in the Foreign Office, said Sudanese refugees would head to Britain because of our historic links with the country.

He said: “What began as a power struggle between two rival generals has spiraled into a humanitarian catastrophe, displacing millions.

“Letting this civil war escalate is creating a migration time bomb that will soon reach our shores.