ICERAS
ICERAS focuses on facilitating asylum seekers and refugees internationally
Eritrean refugees’ frequent onward movement challenges traditional protection frameworks and exposes serious gaps in asylum systems from the Horn of Africa to Europe.
Eritrea is the origin of a significant share of the mixed migration flows seen both in the Greater Horn of Africa and farther afield in North Africa and Europe. The limited data available suggest up to 5,000 people leave the country every month. At the end of 2015, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that more than 411,000 Eritreans were refugees or in refugee-like situations—and this is likely an undercount, considering many do not register with authorities. They join an Eritrean diaspora estimated at more than 1 million—a sizeable one considering Eritrea’s total population was just over 5 million in 2015. readmore
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