The head of the international aid agency CARE in Sudan said on Monday he had been expelled “for security reasons,” making him the third Westerner to receive an expulsion order in the past four days.
I en udtalelse fra CARE Internationals hovedsæde i Atlanta i USA mandag hedder det:
From CARE President and CEO Helene D. Gayle
“We are deeply disappointed by the decision of the government of Sudan to expel Paul Barker, who has directed CAREs programs in Sudan for more than a year and has worked with CARE for 23 years.
CARE has operated in Sudan for 27 years, spending 184 million US dollar on aid projects. Over the past three years, we have spent 60 million, mostly in the conflict-torn Darfur region.
With a staff of 600, CARE has been fully committed to the humanitarian mandate of helping vulnerable people whose lives have been torn apart by conflict in North Sudan and to helping people resettle in South Sudan under the peace process established for that part of the country.
We are concerned that Paul Barker may have been asked to leave because of the governments interpretation of internal communications that are standard within non-governmental organizations regarding safety procedures for staff.
We hope to resolve this issue so that CARE can continue our long-term role in delivering humanitarian assistance to the people of Sudan. We work in partnership with other non-governmental organizations in the region and with the communities we serve”.
Kilde: www.care.org
