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SINEAD O’SHEA They must either live in misery or risk death by leaving a country that is in the grip of a highly repressive regime. Horror has been expressed at the latest migrant drowning catastrophe in the Mediterranean. Little has been said, however, about Eritrea. But 22% of all people …

BY SAM JONES, PATRICK KINGSLEY, AND MARK ANDERSON Escaping oppression: An Eritrean refugee preparing a meal outside his shelter in the woods in Calais, France. Unbearable living conditions back home have triggered a growing exodus of Eritreans who hope to find a better life for themselves in Europe. Photo: Reuters …

Sinéad O’Shea In the world’s most censored country, citizens face a stark choice – live in misery or risk death by leaving. But it has no western allies so the situation goes unreported   Horror has been expressed at the latest catastrophe in the Mediterranean. Little has been said, however, …

Ali Addeh refugee camp, Djibouti (CNN)Henol and Mebratu emerge from their current home, a modest structure with plastic sheeting serving as its roof, carrying the “master folder.” One of the most important documents on the camp, it’s a record of each Eritrean’s name and their case — whether they’ve been …

New York — With journalists often facing a choice of life in exile or prison, and with even reporters for state-run outlets in fear of arrest, Eritrea secures its place as the most censored country in the world, with secretive North Korea coming in close second, according to a list …

UPDATED: As around 700 refugees remain missing after this weekend’s shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea, devastated relatives in Sweden have told of their anxious wait to find out if their loved ones are dead or alive. ‘It was a long journey and some of my friends died’(30 Mar 15) Sweden …

Europe can’t afford to sit back and do nothing when thousands of migrants are dying every week in search of a new life in Italy and Greece A vast human tragedy is unfolding along the shores of the Mediterranean, its horrors largely ignored by Britain’s inward-looking, election-fixated politicians and an …

Many refugees and asylum-seekers from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea say they have nowhere else to go Tens of thousands of East African refugees and asylum-seekers are at risk of being left behind in Yemen’s roiling violence, deprived not only of safe options for evacuation but also of a home country …

Israel presented a stark choice before the 40,000 asylum seekers living in Tel Aviv: return to Africa or face prison. So far, they’re not leaving Two weeks ago, almost all Jews in Israel celebrated the first day of Passover by reading and singing the Hagada, the centuries-old text which tells …

KIGALI, April 2 (Xinhua) — The Israeli government approached Rwanda on the issue of pending deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to the country, Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Thursday. Kagame was responding to media reports that indicated the Israeli Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein on Wednesday approved the deportation of …