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Home Office urged to reverse asylum seeker eviction ban decision as charities worry thousands could lose accommodation
NEWS25/06/207:00 AMBY LUCIE HEATH Charities are calling on the government to urgently reverse its decision to end the ban on asylum seeker evictions during the COVID-19 crisis after Inside Housing revealed the government had begun the process of evicting hundreds of refugees from Home Office accommodation. readmore
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Home Office opens door to refugee evictions despite covid emergency
Tuesday, 30 June 2020 7:16 AM 0 By Maurice Wren Evictions are a highly sensitive topic in England, where we have a dysfunctional housing sector and a landlord-tenant legal framework that does little to protect people from arbitrary actions. Nevertheless, when lockdown measures were implemented in March this year, one thing was clear – evicting people […]
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Changes to Asylum & Resettlement policy and practice in response to Covid-19
We’ve been calling on the government to protect people seeking asylum and refugees at risk due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. We are particularly concerned for people who are unable to access accommodation or support, those on limited support and those in shared accommodation who may be unable to self-isolate. This page provides a summary of the government’s […]
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Eritrea: A Country Under the Sway of a Dictatorship
Eritrea: A Country Under the Sway of a Dictatorship The situation facing refugees and the prospects for building solidarity networks * Introduction by Rudi Friedrich readmore
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Eritrean finds home in Italy after trauma in Libya
Eritrean finds home in Italy after trauma in Libya Asmorom is one of around 80 refugees who undertook the dangerous journey to Europe via Libya, after being relocated by Israel. By Barbara Molinario | 21 February 2018 | Español | Français | عربي Asmorom, 28, hugs a UNHCR cultural mediator outside Rome’s Termini train station. © UNHCR/Alessandro Penso ROME, Italy – Asmorom […]
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‘It’s just slavery’: Eritrean conscripts wait in vain for freedom
Global development is supported by About this content Ruth Maclean, west Africa correspondent Thu 11 Oct 2018 05.00 BST Last modified on Thu 11 Oct 2018 16.25 BST Shares 659 A teenage boy in a dormitory for unaccompanied minors in Shagrab camp, Sudan. Tens of thousands of Eritreans live in the camps after escaping military service and […]
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Despite the peace deal with Ethiopia, Eritrean refugees are still afraid to return home
When Samuel Berhe thinks of Eritrea, he sees the sand-colored buildings and turquoise water of Asmara’s shoreline. He sees his sister’s bar under the family home in the capital’s center that sells sweet toast and beer. He sees his father who, at 80 years old, is losing his eyesight but is still a force to be reckoned […]
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Ethiopia: Renewed influx of Eritrean refugees, 12th September to 20th October 2018
14,107 Newly registered Refugees The reopening of the border crossing points between Eritrea and Ethiopia has resulted in a significant increase in the number of new arrivals from Eritrea. A total of 13,965 new arrivals were transferred from the border to Endabaguna Reception and Registration Center. 10,067 of whom were relocated from Endabaguna to Adi […]
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UN evacuates 262 of nearly 60,000 refugees in Libya to Niger
UN evacuates 262 of nearly 60,000 refugees in Libya to Niger November 21, 2018 Martin Plaut News, United Nations Human Rights Commission Detainees Evacuated out of Libya but Resettlement Capacity Remains Inadequate 16th November 2018 | News Source: European Council on Refugees and Exiles According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) 262 migrants detained […]
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Ethiopia: Update on renewed influx from Eritrea – 24 September 2018
source http://humanitariannews.org/20181001/ethiopia-update-renewed-influx-eritrea-24-september-2018 1 October, 2018 – 14:50 Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Eritrea, Ethiopia Following the Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship, signed on July 09, 2018 by the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea, two border crossing points were reopened on 11 September 2018.The reopening of these border crossing points has resulted in […]
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