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The fatal shooting of two Eritrean men in Libya has raised concerns about overcrowding in a UN facility for refugees there. The pair were reportedly killed in Tripoli last Thursday, days after they left the packed “gathering and departure facility” (GDF) managed by the UN refugee agency. According to media reports, the UN had pressed them to […]

Eritreans in Newfoundland and Labrador are asking the federal government for help after a massive crackdown on migrants by Libyan security forces.  International news has reported overcrowding of refugees at detention facilities and stories of endured torture, sexual violence and extortion at the hands of guards in Libya. The country is a major hub for […]

he refugees sleep in shifts, 25 of them crushed together in a tiny room-turned-prison like knives in a cutlery drawer. There isn’t enough space for everyone to lie down at the same time. They share a single toilet, which is a putrid hole in the ground, and say they have not seen the sun in […]

An atmosphere of excitement and anticipation spreads among the group of women, children, and men queueing outside a building in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Inside, staff members from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are preparing to provide counselling, help with processing documents and to distribute travel items to the group. A short while later, smiles […]

The United Nations says food has now run out for the nearly 100,000 refugees from Eritrea who have been sheltering in camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, which has been cut off from the world for nearly a month amid fighting.ADVERTISING “Concerns are growing by the hour,” U.N. refugee spokesman Babar Baloch told reporters in Geneva on […]

ትካል ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብዛዕባ ጸጥታዊን ሰብኣውን ውሕስነትን ኣብ ክልል ትግራይ ኣብ ዝርከቡ መዓስከራት ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣዝዩ ከምዝተሻቐለ ገሊጹ። ሰብመዚ መንግስቲ ፈደራል፡ ናብቶም ኣብ ትግራይ ኣብ ሕማቕ ኩነታት ወዲቖም ዘለዉ ስደተኛታት ዘድልዮም ሰባዊ ረዲኤት ከብጽሑ ብህጹጽ ከፍቅድ’ውን ጸዊዑ’ሎ። እቲ ትካል ሎሚ ኣብ ዘውጽኦ መግለጺ፡ ብዛዕባ ዘይተረጋገጸ ዝበሎ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ’ቶም ስደተኛታት ዝበጽሕ ዘሎ “መጥቃዕቲ፡ ጭውያን […]

 Last updated: 3 hours ago ETHIOPIA The United Nations now has ‘’unrestricted’’ access to the northern region of Tigray, according to a dossier cited by AFP. A senior UN official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity on Wednesday said that the agreement would allow the UN and its humanitarian partners to deliver aid “wherever […]

The United Nations says food has now run out for the nearly 100,000 refugees from Eritrea who have been sheltering in camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, which has been cut off from the world for nearly a month amid fighting.ADVERTISING “Concerns are growing by the hour,” U.N. refugee spokesman Babar Baloch told reporters in Geneva on […]

Following the 2018 peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea more than 60,000 Eritrean refugees arrived in Ethiopia. Thousands continue to arrive every month. They live under harsh conditions that call for humanitarian action. KEY TAKEAWAYS ■ Vulnerable Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia, women, elderly, disabled, and children need urgent humanitarian assistance, including shelters, food, water, sanitation, energy, […]

Thousands of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit northern region of Tigray have run out of food, the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, has said. It appealed for urgent access to the region to provide emergency assistance. Communications and aid access have been blocked since the conflict between the federal army and fighters loyal to Tigray leadership […]