ICERAS

Source: Fides Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia now face the risk of being repatriated. The government of Addis Ababa no longer considers them in need of humanitarian protection. Ethiopia no longer plans to welcome women, children and men fleeing the Asmara regime in refugee camps (unless they are somehow linked to the Eritrean armed forces). Abba Mussie […]

ERITREA 2019 The use of and indefinite military conscription, amounting to forced labour, continued despite an agreement to end the protracted border dispute with Ethiopia, a dispute the government had used to justify prolonged national military service. Thousands were prevented from travelling abroad without government permission, or due to repeated border closures. Eritreans fleeing the […]

. Worldwide Eritrean Refugee Population and Protection. As of the end of 2018, UNHCR counted 507,300 Eritrean refugees receiving protection under its mandate worldwide – up from 486,000 a year previous – thus sustaining Eritrea as the ninth largest country of origin for refugees.  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: “Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2018.” These were […]

Left to rot’: Inside Libya’s squalid detention centres where migrants and refugees suffer a ‘slow death’ With aid services devastated, borders closed and a spike in fighting, UN officials say 2020 could prove the worse year yet for the most vulnerable in Libya, reports Bel Trew Friday 04 September 2020 17:27 T he refugees sleep in […]

148,981 as of 30 April 2020 PERSONS OF CONCERN in the Afar and Tigray region 9,463 NEW ARRIVALS in the first quarter of 2020 32.86% as of April 2020 OF THE NEW ARRIVALS ARE Children Operational context New Arrivals – In the first quarter of 2020, 9,463 new asylum seekers from Eritrea have sought refuge in […]

For two decades, President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea used the absence of peace with Ethiopia to justify authoritarianism. The July 2018 peace agreement between the two countries, which ended Eritrea’s diplomatic isolation, have not, as hoped, ushered in an era of respect for human rights in one of the world’s most repressive nations. The government […]