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Saron, an Eritrean teenager, spoke to VICE News from a makeshift prison where she was being detained by Libyan militia Despite his gun, and the scars of a four year civil war, the guard could only stammer a reply. According to one of the militia commanders, who didn’t want to be named, they had received […]

Eritrean refugees in Sudan accuse traffickers of abuse and torture.   There are calls for Sudan’s government to do more to stop human trafficking. The African nation is used as a transit point by thousands of people from neighbouring Eritrea that are trying to reach the West. They face a tough journey, often falling victim […]

CAIRO, 27 July 2017 Yobieli is 12 years old. He sits on a small leather stool and fumbles with his hands, interlocking his fingers and pulling them apart. There’s a dark shadow of soft peach fuzz on his upper lip, and his cheeks are childishly smooth. But, his eyes look older. They take in the […]

May 25th 2017 | KHARTOUM Young people fleeing indefinite military service are encountering more obstacles on the route through Sudan IN JERIF, a district of Khartoum, young Eritreans listen to Tigrinya pop music in dimly lit restaurants, or watch football at an oppressively hot community centre supported by their government. They are mostly male, and […]

  Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban 07/11 – 08:36 Eritrea Eritrea is the top African contributor to ‘active asylum seekers’ in Libya, the United Nations’ refugee agency has disclosed. According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Libya, Eritrea placed second in global terms only behind Syria. Figures indicated that of the […]

  History of immigration from Eritrea  

https://www.wsj.com/articles/eritreans-flee-conscription-and-poverty-adding-to-the-migrant-crisis-in-europe-1445391364

Prison or exile? The stark choice facing African migrants in Israel

Sharp increase in number of Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe, Ethiopia and Sudan http://www.unhcr.org/uk/news/briefing/2014/11/5465fea1381/sharp-increase-number-eritrean-refugees-asylum-seekers-europe-ethiopia.html

ERITREA AMONG WORLD’S WORST IN HUMAN TRAF – Beserat http://beserat.com/Eng/Encdchumanrightscommittee.pdf