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The humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray is nothing short of abysmal.Atrocities amounting to war crimes have led to the forced displacement of nearly 2.5 million people inside Ethiopia and into neighboring states. The Ethiopian government has blocked virtuallyall food and medical shipments into Tigray, using food as a weapon of war. With […]

News from Eritrean Refugees in Sudan indicates an organized campaign by local security personnel to arrest, imprison, and extract money from desperate and impoverished Eritrean refugees. Evidence is continuing to be received that, since mid-February 2022, police and soldiers have been rounding up Eritrean refugees in Sudan from the street, their workplaces and their homes […]

Since the beginning of last year, Eritreans have made up the fourth largest group of asylum seekers in the European Union, and the second largest group to arrive in Italy by boat, after Syrians. Until recently, the UK Home Office has been refusing the majority of asylum claims stating that Eritreans arriving in the UK […]

Reproduction and dissemination for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorisedwithout prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged.The profiling exercise was the result of a partnership between CeSPI and UNHCRData collection: CeSPIRegional profiling coordinator (UNHCR): Stephanie MattiThe profiling exercise was funded by the UNHCRReport preparation: January to December 2018Data […]

This briefing is part of a research ‘Research to Action(RTA)’ project funded through the International LaborOrganization and the US Department of Labor. TheRTA project more broadly commits to engagingresearchers and promoting new interest to strengthenthe evidence base for achieving SDG 8.7. The reportwas prepared by Audrey Lumley-Sapanski withresearch assistance from Eyob Ghilazghy.iThis briefing provides a […]

Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees in Sudan pleaded to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help them relocate to a safe third country, as the internal infighting leaves them exposed to abuse and violence. In an open letter addressed to the UN body, refugees said many have been forced to flee the conflict to unknown locations while others became […]

UNHCR continues to receive new arrivals in East Sudan, largely from Eritrea. The Commission of Refugees (COR) receives and assists asylum-seekers at the border where they are temporarily hosted in reception centres. Within 1-2 weeks they are transported to Shagarab camps where they undergo screening, registration, and Refugee Status Determination (RSD) while receiving life-saving services […]

The deportation of Eritreans from Sudan (Tigrinya: ኣብ ሱዳን ኣብ እተገብረ ውግእ ኤርትራስ ካብ ሱዳን ምጥራዝ; Arabic: ترحيل الإريتريين من السودان خلال نزاع السودان) is the ongoing forced transfer of nearly an estimated 3,500 Eritreans and Sudanese-Eritreans from Sudan mainly at the border between both countries in the ongoing 2023 Sudan conflict. On 7 May 2023, reports by the Guardian were released that hundreds of Eritreans had […]

As the conflict in Sudan escalated this week, refugees, many of whom had fled violence in neighboring countries, found themselves trapped in Khartoum and other cities. In interviews with VOA, many said they fear for their lives and are in need of help, but nobody seemed to be listening to their pleas. Aster Tariku, an […]

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. […]