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DPurpose: To inform the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea to the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council. Background The Human Rights Council most recently renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea through resolution 59/1, on 8 July 2025, for […]

April 2026Background

Despite the ongoing conflict that began in April 2023,Sudancontinues to host a substantial number of refugees, totaling859,550 as of January 2026, Eritrean refugees represent (16%) ofthis total population.The conflict has also led to internal displacement, with 272,913refugees self-relocating within Sudan, primarily moving fromKhartoum to other states. In terms of living conditions of theEritrean refugees, 84% […]

The Eritrean government maintained an iron grip on its population at home and abroad. It continued to repress the population’s rights, including freedom of opinion, religion, and expression, and forced much of its adult population into indefinite military/national service. Tensions between Eritrea and Ethiopia escalated, notably over Ethiopia’s ongoing quest for access to the sea. […]

Eritrean refugees currently number over 679,000 globally, driven out by indefinite military conscription and severe state repression. Many face dire conditions in neighboring nations, with thousands arriving in Ethiopia monthly, while thousands more attempt perilous trans-Mediterranean journeys. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Key Host Countries and Regional Crises Global Protection and Asylum Updates

The Eritrean Exodus: What happened in 2016? While the total number of migrants and refugees arriving in Italy in 2016 hit a record, the number of Eritrean arrivals in Italy decreased significantly in the past year. This articles explores the possible explanations for this sudden drop in Eritrean arrivals in Europe. Decreasing number of Eritrean […]

On the 3 December 2019, four Eritrean men brutally attacked two Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv, Israel. In attacks which were to all intents and purposes unprovoked, the two refugees were beaten and stabbed. One died two days later from his injuries, and the other is still in hospital recovering from his wounds. The motive […]

Last December, a 14-year-old girl had died after being attacked by a man wielding a knife in southern Germany. The public prosecutor’s office has now filed charges against the suspect, a 27-year-old asylum seeker from Eritrea. Almost three months after the knife attack on two schoolgirls in the town of Illerkirchberg in the southern German state of […]

A man convicted of the murders of two women in Toronto will have to serve 45 years behind bars before he can apply for parole. Adonay Zekarias was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years after being convicted in April of the second-degree murder of Rigat Ghirmay. But before Zekarias […]

Toronto –  An Eritrean father in Calgary on Wednesday killed two of his children and called the police to report it. Police said it was the father who called them and that he confessed. CTV News quoted  Sgt. Mark Rahn said  “The accused contacted 911 and stated that he had killed his children and gave […]