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Reproduction and dissemination for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorised without 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 UNHCR Data collection: CeSPI Regional profiling coordinator (UNHCR): Stephanie Matti The profiling exercise was funded by the UNHCR […]

Asylum Policy Changes Threaten Eritreans’ Rights (Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government’s changes to asylum procedures for Eritreans undermines their access to asylum and denies unaccompanied children necessary protection. The Ethiopian authorities should ensure that all Eritreans have the right to apply for asylum and publicly announce changes to its asylum and camp management policies. In late January 2020, the […]

Highlights On 19 August, the UN Refugee Agency commemorated World Humanitarian Day by saluting the courage of humanitarian workers and refugees who dedicate their time to serve other refugees. Fatima, a Sudanese refugee in Libya and a community health mobilizer, guides fellow refugees and helps them through difficulties and hardship. She works with UNHCR’s medical […]

For two decades, President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea used the absence of peace with Ethiopia to justify authoritarianism. The July 2018 peace agreement between the two countries, which ended Eritrea’s diplomatic isolation, have not, as hoped, ushered in an era of respect for human rights in one of the world’s most repressive nations. The government […]

ADDIS ABABA A plan by the Ethiopian government to relocate around 27,000 Eritrean refugees to two already overcrowded camps is yet to be shelved, despite concerns by aid organisations over both the risk of spreading COVID-19 and the confusion the stated policy has caused. The government announced plans in April to close Hitsats refugee camp […]

Greece has been accused of sailing migrants out of its territory and leaving them to fend for themselves in motorless boats in the middle of the sea.  It’s been reported that at least 1,072 people were expelled from the country in this way since the coronavirus pandemic began.  The New York Times has uncovered 31 […]

The UN says countries must review their approach to migration across the Mediterranean after 45 people recently died in a ship sinking off Libya. It said it was the largest confirmed shipwreck in the area this year. Forty-five people, including five children, died on Monday when their boat sank off the coast of Libya, the […]

. Worldwide Eritrean Refugee Population and Protection. As of the end of 2018, UNHCR counted 507,300 Eritrean refugees receiving protection under its mandate worldwide – up from 486,000 a year previous – thus sustaining Eritrea as the ninth largest country of origin for refugees.  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: “Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2018.” These were […]

(Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government’s changes to asylum procedures for Eritreans undermines their access to asylum and denies unaccompanied children necessary protection. The Ethiopian authorities should ensure that all Eritreans have the right to apply for asylum and publicly announce changes to its asylum and camp management policies. In late January 2020, the Ethiopian government unofficially changed its asylum […]

I’m sitting in a waiting room in Calais, France with three young men.  They’re fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen – all here to see the doctor, all refugees. The oldest, Eferm, continues: “Is no good have money.  Money no good.”  His friends laugh and punch his arm – “No, is good be rich!” – but he […]