Contrary to Israeli Claims, Switzerland Says It Doesn’t Forcibly Return Asylum Seekers to Eritrea Source: Haaretz Israelis supporting deportations have…
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Tag: Refugees
Latest: Eritrean refugees in the region, deaths at sea
Source: Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat (RMMS) summary for May 2018 There are approximately 169,252 Eritrean refugees living in Ethiopia who make up…
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Refugees in Sudan intimidated during probe into UNHCR fraud
As the UN’s refugee agency investigates allegations of bribery and corruption in the resettlement process in Sudan, dozens of refugees…
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Eritrean diaspora watches Ethiopia thaw with hope, mistrust
TEL AVIV, Israel Source: Associated Press “I think it’s not going to bring a solution inside the country, because…
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What now for 200,000 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia?
On Monday Radio Erena broadcast news that Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia were being pressurised to return home. I put out…
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Eritrean military service no grounds for asylum, rules Swiss court
Rejected Eritrean asylum seekers may still be deported to their home country even if they face being called up for…
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Insecurity forces 978,000 Ethiopians to flee their homes
An upsurge of inter-communal violence in Ethiopia’s West Guji and Gedeo regions has forced an estimated 978,000 people to flee…
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Forced and unlawful: Israel’s deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers to Uganda
Amnesty International 18 June 2018 Between 2015 and March 2018, Israel deported some 1,700 Sudanese and Eritrean asylum-seekers to Uganda….
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MSF briefing – Aquarius: European governments must put people’s lives before politics
Amsterdam/Valencia/London – Following this week’s political stand-off over the fate of people rescued in the Mediterranean, the international medical humanitarian…
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UN names key human traffickers via Libya; plans sanctions
Bosses of the trafficking operation that smuggles refugees through Libya have now been officially named by the United Nations. They…
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