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The Government of Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Eritrea remained on Tier 3. During the reporting period, there was a government policy or pattern of forced labor in its compulsory National Service, local citizen militia, and in […]

Hundreds of Eritrean nationals are at imminent risk of forcible return to Eritrea where they would face a real risk of torture, arbitrary detention and other serious human rights violations. Reports indicate that around 300 Eritreans recently detained in Türkiye without adequate access to communication or legal support have been deported to Eritrea. The authorities […]

When fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in Khartoum in mid-April, Eritrean brothers Abdel and Dahlak* said goodbye to each other in the Sudanese capital. Dahlak, the younger of the two, had some savings, so could afford to flee the city on a bus with other Eritreans. […]

As of May 2024, Uganda hosted roughly 1.7 million refugees. Of the total, around 55 percent came from neighboring South Sudan. The Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked as the second leading origin of refugees living in Uganda. Approximately 518,400 Congolese citizens have searched for asylum in the bordering country so far. Uganda houses the […]

n 15 April 2023, the outbreak of war in Sudan marked the beginning of a new era of suffering for refugees who had sought safety in the country. These refugees, mostly from neighbouring countries, had fled conflict, persecution, and violence in their homelands, seeking protection in Sudan. Prior to the war, there were approximately 1.1 million […]

As of December 2023, Ethiopia hosts 958,016 refugees and asylum seekers and remains one of the largest refugee hosting countries in Africa. The refugee population has grown significantly in 2023, as Ethiopia welcomed more than 130,000 refugees and asylum seekers, following the outbreak of armed conflict in Somalia and Sudan. The largest group of refugees […]

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Amid the widespread civilian suffering in Sudan, the fate of over one million refugees living in Sudan when the conflict erupted is often overlooked. In recent weeks, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked towns across Sennar state, which neighbors Gedaref state and where more than 40,000 refugees from Ethiopia are currently hosted. In Kassala state, further east, Eritreans […]

Here’s an overview of some of the countries whose people are being uprooted this year. An estimated 117 million people worldwide, or 1.5 percent of the global population, is forcibly displaced from their home, according to the UN Refugee Agency. Whether fleeing war, persecution, instability, or climate change and natural disasters, uprooted people face intense needs in their […]

Overview This is the second WHO report summarizing the multi-country health situation and WHO’s response across the regional emergency caused by the conflict in Sudan. Since the start of the conflict in April 2023, over 10 million people have been displaced internally—the largest number in the world—and over 2 million into neighbouring countries, including Chad, […]