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We, Eritrean Canadians, are holding a demonstration on August 17, 2015 in Toronto as part of the global initiative led by the Eritrean Communities around the world. In this demonstration, we would respectfully like to bring to your attention the plight of the people of Eritrea both at home and …

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 …

  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 …

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 …

By Jean Shaoul 22 June 2015 A United Nations report has exposed the dreadful conditions in Eritrea, located in the Horn of Africa, that have prompted hundreds of thousands to flee the country. By mid-2014, there were nearly 360,000 Eritreans registered as refugees worldwide by the UN, out of a …

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 …

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 …

ADDIS ABABA – An Eritrean opposition group on Sunday accused the Sudanese government of failing to provide enough protection to Eritrean refugees who are subjected to abductions by criminal gangs from in and around Shagarab refugee camp in Eastern Sudan. Young Eritrean refugees in Sudan who have fled persecution in …

By Hilary Beaumont A UN report on human rights abuses in Eritrea has unearthed new allegations of forced labor at a Canadian-owned mining company. According to the report, released this week, some of the most atrocious human rights violations are happening in Eritrea, an east-African nation that’s been compared to …

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails this week’s report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea. Released on 8 June, the report says some of the human rights violations by President Issayas Afeworki’s government, which include the arbitrary detention of journalists, may constitute crimes against humanity. Although …