by GRAHAM PEEBLES Migration is a major political and social issue throughout Europe; in the UK it is a highly emotive matter, distorted by the rabid right wing media and irresponsible politicians. The numbers of asylum seekers (people fleeing conflict and persecution of one kind or another) arriving in the …

TEKALIGN AYALEW MENGISTE Migrants moving north from the Horn of Africa face uncertainty and violence at every step of their journeys. To minimise the risks they have created thick networks of help and know-how. The current migration and refugee crisis across the Euro-African borderlands, particularly as represented via images of …

In today’s French press, Eritrea, Africa’s forgotten emergency is revisited as thousands flee the totalitarian regime in Asmara to Europe.  La Croix At least 5,000 Eritreans flee the country in a permanent state of war every month some crossing over to Ethiopia while others have had to travel across the …

– Martin Plaut How many Eritreans have been given full recognition as refugees by the Israeli government? The answer – as far as I can discern – is just 4. Most refugees are detained as ‘infiltrators.’ This disgraceful treatment comes despite the world’s acceptance of the appalling human rights abuses in Eritrea, …

Statement by Ms. Sheila B. Keetharuth, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea at the 31th session of the Human Rights Council   Agenda item 4 14 March 2016 Geneva Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to brief you in my capacity as …

– Hamid Ibrahim Saleh Mahmoud’s peaceful life was shattered when he joined the fight for Eritrean independence. Four decades ago Saleh Mahmoud was a young man, tending to his crops and cattle in Hokat, a city in central Eritrea. He heard reports of battles between the Eritrean Liberation Front and …

Unaccompanied children are fleeing Eritrea to avoid conscription, putting them at risk of abduction and abuse as they seek shelter in places including Europe, a United Nations rights envoy said. There’s been a “steady influx of Eritrean unaccompanied and separated children” into Egypt and neighboring Ethiopia and Sudan since 2008, …

(ADDIS ABABA) – Two international right groups have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council, to pay very close attention to the human right violations allegedly committed in Eritrea. A general view of participants during the 29th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 3 July 2015 …

  Eritrea, a small country in the horn of  Africa,  is hardly mentioned in the international media in spite of its appalling situation and the gross human right violations committed by the ruling regime led by president Isayass Afwerki. There was a feeling of great joy and high hopes amongst …

By Klara Smits and Florence Tornincasa | IDN-InDepthNews Report   STRASBOURG (IDN) – The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on Eritrea, which sends a strong signal to the European Commission, the EU Council, member states and the Eritrean government that human rights violations in the country need to be …