John Cordina Hundreds of Eritreans have come to Malta and obtained humanitarian protection over the past few years, although they only comprise a small minority of the hundreds of thousands who have fled the country. According to the UNHCR, there were over 320,000 Eritrean refugees scattered across the globe as …
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From Eritrea to Bolzano: The trapped migrants who can’t get out of Italy
In the Alps, the last major town before Austria is a purgatory for those headed north Five Eritrean youths race down the platform. They’ve avoided the 15 or so Italian police and Carabinieri officers who are there to stop them climbing aboard. But inside the final express carriage, a huge …
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