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Thousands flee isolated Eritrea to escape life of conscription and poverty ASMARA, Eritrea—On a cool March evening soon after his 16th birthday, Binyam Abraham waited until his mother and young siblings were sleeping and slipped away to begin the long trek toward Eritrea’s southern border. With his father trapped in …
Read More »Researchers disown report behind Britain’s Eritrean asylum rejections
Europe Online London (dpa) – Two former Danish government researchers and a British scholar have disowned a report that influences Britain‘s rejection many recent applications for asylum by Eritreans, reports said on Thursday. Jens Weise Olesen and Jan Olsen told Amnesty International in Denmark that they resigned from the …
Read More »From Eritrea to Wonthaggi to Victorian Father of the Year
Victorian Father of the Year Abubeker Mohamed with family (Supplied:Darrian Trainer) By Zoe Ferguson Abubeker Mohamed migrated to Australia from his home country of Eritrea in 1996. Wonthaggi in West Gippsland became home for Abubeker, his wife Suad and their seven children, aged between two and 13-years-old. Less than …
Read More »Canada’s Nevsun defends Eritrea mining after damning UN report
Workers are shown smelting gold at the Bisha mine in Eritrea in this undated photo. Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press CALGARY — Canadian mining company Nevsun Resources is defending its operations in Eritrea following a damning report by the United Nations that accused the miner of using forced labour …
Read More »From Eritrea to Wonthaggi to Victorian Father of the Year
Victorian Father of the Year Abubeker Mohamed with family (Supplied:Darrian Trainer) By Zoe Ferguson Abubeker Mohamed migrated to Australia from his home country of Eritrea in 1996. Wonthaggi in West Gippsland became home for Abubeker, his wife Suad and their seven children, aged between two and 13-years-old. Less than …
Read More »A Message from Eritrean Canadian community
There are many stories about Eritrea. Some are accurate and some are not. One particular story that I liked to tell everyone as I was growing up outside Eritrea is a story about some Greek men who as they were roaming the red sea, 100s and 100s of years ago, …
Read More »END OF THE ROAD: WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AFTER CALAIS
The migrant camps in Calais are all over the news. But what happens to the people who make it to the UK after that dangerous trip – strapped to a speeding train or stuck in the rumbling dark of a lorry? Rhys Cutler works in our refugee service in Kent …
Read More »Syrian and Eritrean refugees to arrive in 2016
The first group of refugees from Syria and Eritrea is to arrive in Poland next year. Poland has pledged to receive 2,000 refugees by 2017 as part of the European Union’s intake programme. The Ministry of Interior Affairs announced that they will be arriving in groups numbering no more than …
Read More »Eritreans to stage mass demonstration in Toronto – Canada on August 17, 2015
August 17, 2015 on monday 11:00am Eritrean Demonstration in Toronto – Canada, to support the report of the commission of inquiry on human right in Eritrea, and to protest against violations of civil rights and freedom of expression. The committee fact-finding that basic human rights in Eritrea described, as …
Read More »“The government has declared war on us”: an appeal from people suffering inside Eritrea
A rare insight into what goes on inside the “North Korea of Africa”. The situation described in this message from Asmara helps explain why Eritreans make up one of the largest group of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe. Photo: Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Martin Plaut writes: A message has been smuggled …
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