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ICERAS focuses on facilitating asylum seekers and refugees internationally
January, 2018
El Al pilots refuse to fly African asylum seekers being deported
El Al pilots refuse to fly African asylum seekers being deported Move mostly symbolic as Israeli airline does not fly directly to Rwanda or Uganda, and deportees usually fly on other airlines through Ethiopia or Jordan By TOI staff and Melanie Lidman Today, 6:38 pm 3 1K shares Illustrative: The first Dreamliner purchased by El […]
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Mass expulsion under way as Israel begins deporting 40,000 Africans
Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel will be forced to accept a plane ticket to unsafe countries or face indefinite prison Togod Omar has been waiting for a decision on his asylum application for five years (Tessa Fox/MEE) Tessa Fox Wednesday 17 January 2018 13:00 UTC Last update: Friday 19 January 2018 16:33 UTC […]
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UK: An Eritrean gentleman finds refuge with Birmingham couple
Credits: Tiger Nest Films | 16 January 2018 source http://www.unhcr.org/ Couple spend time making sculpture and reading with Eritrean guest The Parles host 72-year-old Yonasskindis, who was on the verge of homelessness after his original asylum request was rejected. By Nadine Alfa | 16 January 2018 Hilary Parle, a retired family doctor, and her husband Jim, a professor of family medicine, […]
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Captured, raped, ransomed: the kidnappers preying on Eritrean refugees
When Ella and her cousin reached a refugee camp in Sudan, it seemed to herald safety. Instead, it was the start of an all too familiar ordeal Global development is supported by About this content Sally Hayden Fri 19 Jan 2018 13.07 GMT Last modified on Fri 19 Jan 2018 13.24 GMT Shares 118 It was […]
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Home Office Eritrea guidance softened to reduce asylum seeker numbers
by Diane Taylor Information downplayed rights abuses and meant some Eritrean children in Calais were refused entry to UK The government downplayed the risk of human rights abuses in one of the world’s most repressive regimes in an attempt to reduce asylum seeker numbers despite doubts from its own experts, internal documents have revealed. Home […]
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Refugees find safe haven after escape from Libyan hell
By AFP – 22 November 2017 – 12:05 A man holds a placard reading “No to slavery in Libya” during a march against “slavery in Libya” on November 18, 2017 in Paris. Image: GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT After months on the road into exile and inside the hell of Libyan jails, migrants rescued by the […]
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Libya’s Migrant Cattle Trade: One Refugee’s Story
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 […]
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Eritrean refugees in Sudan accuse traffickers of torture
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 […]
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The Eritrean children who cross borders and deserts alone
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 […]
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Migration from Eritrea slows
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 […]
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