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By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | NAIROBI, November 21- Eritrea said Friday the reason thousands of its youth are fleeing the hardline regime is because the UN refugee agency and countries with “sinister” motives are tempting them to leave. Tens of thousands have now run away from the autocratic Horn of …

Lisa Schlein GENEVA—A United Nations commission is looking into allegations of “widespread and systematic violations” by Eritrean authorities against the country’s citizens.  The investigation follows reports that thousands of Eritreans are fleeing the country each month.  In a statement Thursday, Eritrea said its enemies are encouraging illegal migration and engaging …

A renewed conscription drive in Eritrea has led to a sharp increase in the number of youths fleeing to neighbouring  Ethiopia, a UN refugee agency spokeswoman has told the BBC. More than 6,000 Eritreans had claimed asylum in Ethiopia in the past 37 days, double the rate seen in previous …

By Tajudin UNHCR spokesperson, Adrian Edwards Geneva, Switzerland ( DIPLOMAT.SO) – The number of asylum-seekers in Europe from Eritrea during the first 10 months of 2014 has tripled compared with last year, with large numbers of refugees from the country also fleeing to neighbouring Ethiopia and Sudan, the United Nations …

  by David H. Shinn The UN Security Council has released its 116 page Monitoring Group report on Eritrea dated 13 October 2014. The Monitoring Group found no evidence of Eritrean support to al-Shabaab during the reporting period. It did not, however, rule out the possibility that Eritrea may have …

© UNHCR/A.D’Amato GENEVA, November 14 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday said the number of asylum-seekers in Europe from Eritrea over the first 10 months of this year has risen threefold compared to the same period in 2013. In Ethiopia and Sudan, neighbouring Eritrea, the number of Eritrean …

(JTA) — Israel will release 138 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers who the nation’s Supreme Court ruled were being held illegally. Thursday’s ruling was in response to a petition filed by the nonprofit organization The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants. Following the decision, the Population and Immigration Authority said that …

More than 200 risk their lives every day, UN says, crossing a heavily-fortified border between arch enemy states.   Over 200 Eritrean refugees are crossing the heavily fortified and dangerous border into neighbouring Ethiopia daily, the United Nations said in a report noting a “spike” in those fleeing. Tens of …

Two opposition members tell the Guardian how Eritreans are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the repressive regime Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afewerki, runs a one-party state and brooks no opposition. Photograph: James Akena/Reuters Eritrea is the most closed and repressive country in Africa, routinely denying access to the international media. No foreign …

© UNHCR photo GENEVA, October 17, (UNHCR) The UN refugee agency reported there has been a sharp increase this year in the number of migrants and asylum-seekers losing their lives in attempts to get to Yemen, mainly from the Horn of Africa, with more deaths at sea in 2014 than …