Martin Plaut / This draft is due to be discussed later today or tomorrow by the UN Human Rights Council. Importantly it: “Requests the General Assembly to submit the report and the oral updates of the commission of inquiry to the Security Council for its consideration and appropriate action, including …

By Joseph K. Grieboski, contributor As one of the world’s most oppressive regimes, the Eritrean government has committed extensive crimes against humanity over the past 25 years, according to a report released June 8 by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea. President Isaias Afwerki, in …

  munkhafadat.info A big number of Eritrean refugees in Egypt has held a stance of support, for the report of the Commission of inquiry of the United Nations Human Rights Council, on Sunday 26 June 2016 . The refugees gathered in front of the UHNCR office, in the 6 October …

Eritrea – the home country of many of the migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean – has been accused by the UN of human rights violations on a “scope and scale seldom witnessed elsewhere”   Many of the migrants currently attempting to cross the Mediterranean are from Eritrea Photo: Rowan Griffiths/PA …

Sky News One of the world’s most wanted people smugglers has been arrested in Sudan, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed. Mered Medhanie, known as “The General”, is believed to be the mastermind behind a major criminal organisation responsible for smuggling thousands of migrants from the Middle East …

Violence breaks out as thousands of illegal immigrants gather in Tel Aviv Convention Center to celebrate Eritrean independence. – By David Rosenberg Violence broke out as thousands of illegal immigrants from Eritrean gathered on Friday at the Tel Aviv Convention Center to celebrate 25 years since their country gained independence. …

BY LAURA SECORUN PALETAPR  Every day all over the world, people cross borders in search of a better life. But you know things are truly bad back home when you need to seek refuge in Sudan. That’s precisely what more than 125,530 people have done — and the United Nations …

    Cairo-Egypt (munkhafadat.info) Eritrean community members residing in the Egyptian capital Cairo attended an evening of solidarity with the Eritrean detainees and disappeared citizens on April 14, 2016. It  was part of the global campaign of solidarity  which is carried out by  the Eritrean diasporas in different parts of the world …

by GRAHAM PEEBLES Migration is a major political and social issue throughout Europe; in the UK it is a highly emotive matter, distorted by the rabid right wing media and irresponsible politicians. The numbers of asylum seekers (people fleeing conflict and persecution of one kind or another) arriving in the …

Eritreans demonstrate in Israel. Karen Zack (activestills)/Flickr. (CC 2.0 by-nc-nd) TEKALIGN AYALEW MENGISTE Migrants moving north from the Horn of Africa face uncertainty and violence at every step of their journeys. To minimise the risks they have created thick networks of help and know-how. The current migration and refugee crisis …