{"id":5796,"date":"2014-12-01T15:15:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T15:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/?p=5796"},"modified":"2014-12-01T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T15:15:55","slug":"danish-report-on-eritrea-faces-heavy-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/uncategorized\/danish-report-on-eritrea-faces-heavy-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish report on Eritrea faces heavy criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Danish Immigration Service\u2019s fact-finding report on Eritrea has come under heavy fire in both Denmark and Eritrea and a key source in the report now says he was \u201cmisused\u201d and quoted out of context.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.dk\/20141126\/denmark-tightens-restrictions-on-eritrean-refugees\">Denmark tightens restrictions on Eritreans<\/a><\/strong>(26 Nov 14)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.dk\/20141117\/un-wants-denmark-to-drop-refugee-restrictions\">UN wants Denmark to drop refugee restrictions<\/a><\/strong>(17 Nov 14)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.dk\/20140814\/human-trafficking-feared-to-be-behind-asylum-boom\">Human trafficking feared behind asylum boom<\/a><\/strong>(14 Aug 14)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gaim Kibreab, a professor at London South Bank University, was featured heavily in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.dk\/20141126\/denmark-tightens-restrictions-on-eritrean-refugees\">Danish Immigration Service\u2019s report on Eritrea<\/a> but has now stepped forward to say that he feels \u201cbetrayed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked and very surprised. They quote me out of context. They include me in a context with their anonymous sources in order to strengthen their viewpoints. They have completely ignored facts and just hand-plucked certain information,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politiko.dk\/nyheder\/hovedkilde-i-eritrea-rapport-de-har-komplet-ignoreret-fakta\">Kibreab told Berlingske<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.dk\/20141126\/denmark-tightens-restrictions-on-eritrean-refugees\">Denmark tightens restrictions on Eritreans<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kibreab sent a sharply-worded letter to Immigration Service asking to be &#8220;dissociated&#8221; with the report&#8217;s findings and saying that the Danish officials ignored a &#8220;heavily edited&#8221; document that he said he provided in order to clear up misunderstandings from earlier conversations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of doing that [using the edited version, ed.] you either used my name generally to lend credibility to your anonymized sources, or picked words of half sentences to fit into your account,&#8221; Kibreab&#8217;s&#8217; letter, which was shared with Berlingske, read.<\/p>\n<p>The Immigration Service\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyidanmark.dk\/NR\/rdonlyres\/B28905F5-5C3F-409B-8A22-0DF0DACBDAEF\/0\/EritreareportEndeligversion.pdf\">79-page report<\/a>\u00a0indicates that the human rights situation in Eritrea may not be as bad as rumoured and that Denmark should no longer offer blanket asylum to Eritreans fleeing compulsory \u2013 and often time indefinite \u2013 military service.<\/p>\n<p>Using mostly anonymous sources, the report calls into question previous claims that Eritreans can face retribution or even possible death if they flee the country. The fact finding report instead says that Eritreans who have tried to avoid military service can merely sign a repentance letter and agree to pay an extra two percent \u2018Diaspora tax\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The report thus recommends that Denmark only provide asylum to Eritreans who can show that they face a personal threat.<\/p>\n<p>Even before Kibreab stepped forward, many in both Denmark and Eritrea were expressing their doubts about the fact-finding report.<\/p>\n<p>Danish NGOs including the Danish Refugee Council and Amnesty International have advised against using the findings in the report and a campaign group run by former recruits of the Eritrean National Service <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asmarino.com\/news\/4089-response-to-the-recent-report-from-the-danish-fact-finding-mission-to-eritrea\">released a lengthy rebuttal to the Danish report<\/a>\u00a0that accuses it of having \u201clooked hard for unlikely pieces of \u2018evidence\u2019 (needle in a haystack style) that could be used to support a policy move away from blanket protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Stop National Service Slavery in Eritrea campaign said the Danish report ignored the \u201cvast and well established\u201d human rights violations and instead focused too much on the military service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are\u2026 adamant that ignoring the host of other human rights violations being perpetrated \u00a0in Eritrea and focusing on \u2018absconding\u2019 in isolation will not curb the flow of refugees from Eritrea nor will it reduce the numbers coming to Denmark (or any other country),\u201d the campaign writes.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark called for the fact-finding mission after\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.dk\/20140814\/human-trafficking-feared-to-be-behind-asylum-boom\">the number of Eritrean refugees exploded in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Local<\/span> (Denmark`s news in English)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Danish Immigration Service\u2019s fact-finding report on Eritrea has come under heavy fire in both Denmark and Eritrea and a key source in the report now says he was \u201cmisused\u201d and quoted out of context. 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