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This snapshot examines the role of smugglers in the decision-making and journeys of Eritrean, Ethiopian, and South Sudanese refugees and migrants in Port Sudan. It should be noted that while interviews with refugees and migrants were carried out in the second half of 2024, most respondents had been in Sudan since before the outbreak of war in April 2023 and are reflecting both on their interactions with smugglers along the journey to Sudan and once in the country.