Hitsats refugee camp Archives

Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia resist camp closure amid COVID-19 fears

‘If the government tells us to go, then we have no choice but to go.’Jaclynn Ashly Independent multimedia journalist based…

Refugee committees in both camps had already disagreed with the relocation as there is not enough land available to build…

Refugees continue to flow in Source: Africa Confidential Ethiopia no longer automatically gives refugee status to fleeing Eritreans. Neither they…

Source: London Review of Books ‘Down with Issayas! Down with Abiy!’ Nizar Manek and Natalia Paszkiewicz The refugee camp at Hitsats, an…

Source: Borkena Photo credit : DW Amharic service borkena April 17, 2020 Last week, the Ethiopian government announced that it…

Asylum Policy Changes Threaten Eritreans’ Rights Source: Human Rights Watch Eritrean refugee children play within Hitsats refugee camp near…

Please note: there have been a series of articles with different reports on the situation. See previous posts. Source: Al-Jazeera…

A Norwegian supporter of Eritrea, the campaigner Finn Våge, has been in contact with the government of Norway about the…

Source: AFP Robbie COREY-BOULET AFP•April 16, 2020 Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia plans to shut a camp for Eritrean refugees…

The author asked that his name be withheld to protect his continuing access to information as well as the safety…