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Refugees who go on holiday in their homeland keep making headlines. In recent years, however, only one nationality was in focus: the Eritreans. The fact that many refugees travel back to their home countries for a few weeks is shown by the latest figures from the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM). In 2017, the authority deprived 231 […]

Eritrea remains a one-man dictatorship under President Isaias Afewerki, now in his 26th year in power. It has no legislature, no independent civil society organizations or media outlets, and no independent judiciary. The government restricts religious freedoms, banning all but four groups. Every Eritrean must serve an indeterminate period of “national service” after turning 18, […]

9 January 2018 The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday appealed to the Israeli Government to not forcibly send Eritrean and Sudanese refugees or asylum seekers to sub-Saharan Africa. This appeal came after some 80 cases were identified in which people relocated by Israel risked their lives by taking dangerous onward journeys to Europe. “Feeling […]

Eritrean migrants shot in massive Calais brawl At least five people have been shot after a fight involving more than 100 Eritreans and Afghans erupted in Calais. The French interior minister blamed traffickers for “fueling daily violence and brawls.” A massive, two-hour brawl involving more than 100 Eritrean and Afghan nationals in Calais on Thursday […]

Canada raises ‘concerns’ over Israel’s mass deportation plan for African migrants Liberal government faces pressure to resettle asylum seekers from Eritrea, Sudan now in Israel By Kathleen Harris, CBC News Posted: Feb 19, 2018 4:00 AM ETLast Updated: Feb 19, 2018 9:24 AM ET Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office says Canada has raised concerns with […]

Eritrean refugees cling to life after Calais gunfight Some 130 refugees from Eritrea and Afghanistan clashed in northern French city close to transport routes to England. 2 Feb 2018 Hundreds of refugees remain in Calais despite authorities dismantling an unofficial refugee camp there [Pascal Rossignol/Reuters] more on France France: Police battle protesters over nuclear waste […]

Eritrean finds home in Italy after trauma in Libya Asmorom is one of around 80 refugees who undertook the dangerous journey to Europe via Libya, after being relocated by Israel. By Barbara Molinario  |  21 February 2018   |  Français   |  عربي Asmorom, 28, hugs a UNHCR cultural mediator outside Rome’s Termini train station.  © UNHCR/Alessandro Penso ROME, Italy – Asmorom was […]

‘I am like a prisoner again’ – Glasgow’s destitute Eritreans

    Eritrean refugees kidnapped in Sudan