SNEHA VAKHARIA Are you still an immigrant? Sulaiman Addonia pauses. Then massages his forehead with his fingers. “Wow. That’s a tough question. Give me a moment.” There’s a moment’s quiet, and we both listen to the ambient sounds of Barkha Dutt talking about her book on a stage on the …
Read More »Human Rights Watch: Eritrea Events of 2015
– Indefinite Military Service and Forced Labor Arbitrary Arrest, Prolonged Detention, and Inhumane Conditions Freedom of Speech and Association Freedom of Religion Refugee Policy Key International Actors – -Two key developments in 2015 highlighted the consequences of President Isaias Afwerki’s authoritarian rule: the continuing flow of Eritreans escaping the country, …
Read More »UK: HOME OFFICE PLANS TO REPATRIATE ERITREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
London (Theguardian + DIPLOMAT.SO) – The Home Office is using misleading and biased information to decide the fate of Eritrean asylum seekers, an independent report has found, as its author claims the government distorted evidence to make it easier to reject them. The report, published on Friday, analysed two Country …
Read More »UK ‘using misleading information’ to return Eritrean asylum seekers
Report says Home Office guidance that it was safe to send Eritreans home is based largely on discredited Danish report Kate Lyons The Home Office is using misleading and biased information to decide the fate of Eritrean asylum seekers, an independent report has found, as its author claims the government …
Read More »The questions no one is asking about Eritrea
Valerie Frank REPORTS ON ERITREA TEND TO ASK WHY SO MANY ARE FLEEING THE COUNTRY. THE MORE RELEVANT QUESTION IS: WHY ARE SO MANY FLEEING THE COUNTRY NOW? In one of the latest major media reports on the large numbers of refugees fleeing Eritrea, the BBC followed in the …
Read More »Observers See Several Motives for Eritrean Involvement in Yemen
Salem Solomon The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels in Yemen is drawing in participants from across the Red Sea. Eritrea last month officially announced its “readiness to support the initiative without reservations and to extend its contribution to the alliance” of Saudi Arabia and its Gulf state allies. …
Read More »An Evening Of Solidarity With The Concealed Eritrean Artist Idriss Mohammed Ali In Cairo, Egypt.
The Eritrean, May 24 youth movement , a human right movement, held an evening of solidarity with the Eritrean patriotic artist Idriss Mohamed Ali on the 10th anniversary of his detention by the Eritrean authorities. The evening was held on December 25, 2015 in the Egyptian capital Cairo under the …
Read More »An Evening Of Solidarity With The Concealed Eritrean Artist Idriss Mohammed Ali In Cairo, Egypt.
The Eritrean, May 24 youth movement , a human right movement, held an evening of solidarity with the Eritrean patriotic artist Idriss Mohamed Ali on the 10th anniversary of his detention by the Eritrean authorities. The evening was held on December 25, 2015 in the Egyptian capital Cairo under the …
Read More »Eritrea and Yemen Highlight Variance in Refugee Motivations and Solutions
On opposite sides of the Red Sea, Yemen spirals deeper into civil war and chaos, while Eritrea accepts foreign cash and commodities for its support in fighting against Yemen’s rogue government. Why then is Eritrea, population 6.3 million, sending tens of thousands more refugees to Europe than Yemen is, population 24.4 million? …
Read More »The Afars: Eritrea’s Forgotten Refugees
The Afars, a tightly knit Muslim minority in one of the most inhospitable corners of Africa, are determined to keep their home and the culture that sustains them. By Dan Connell Thousands of refugees have made their way to eastern Ethiopia across Eritrea’s porous southern borders in recent years. Many …
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