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<p>The purpose of the Khartoum Process is to facilitate an EU-Africa dialogue on managing
migration, combatting organised immigration crime and addressing the effects of trafficking
in the Horn and North Africa. It is called the Khartoum Process because the agreement
was signed in Khartoum but it is not specific to Sudan. The UK's financial contributions
to the Khartoum Process have not funded the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces. EU funded
work on the Regional Operations Centre Khartoum is currently suspended.</p><p>The
UK is aware of reports that the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces sold migrants to Libyan
human traffickers and abused migrants' fundamental human rights, but is not able to
verify their veracity. The British Government has been clear on the need to do more
to break the business model of people smugglers, and is taking steps to try to improve
the situation in Libya. This includes working with the Government of National Accord
to build the capacity of their law enforcement agencies, and taking steps to tackle
the organised crime groups who facilitate the travel from source countries to Europe
and the United Kingdom. In June 2018, the UK co-designated UN sanctions against six
Libyan and Eritrean traffickers along with France, the US, Germany and the Netherlands.</p>
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