ICERAS

Asylum seekers from the Horn of Africa have been the focus of recent press scare-mongering after three of the suspects in the attempted bombings in London on 21 July were revealed to be refugees from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. Now a new report, available to download from IRR News, sheds light on the reality of Eritrea and its refugees.

The report Refugees and the Development of Africa: Eritrean refugees in the UK has been written by Petros Tesfagiorgios, who has worked with Eritrean refugees in Britain since the 1970s and is currently active with the Eritrean Elders Welfare Association. Based on interviews with over 400 Eritreans whose asylum claims have been rejected by the Home Office, the report documents the destitution and despair of an entire community. readmore