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African Arguments
March 7, 2018
The same may well be true of officials in the President's Office following another public expression of dissent in a country where the price of ... His death means authorities longer have to deal with a man who commanded wide respect, whose age-old credentials as an Eritrean patriot were tough to question,Ãâà...
CBC.ca
March 6, 2018
She's making traditional Eritrean coffee, spiced with ginger. The sound of Tiringya, the family's mother tongue, fills the house. Ten years ago, Tesfamichael took a big risk: he left his wife and two daughters in the village of Aregen, Eritrea — a tiny country that borders Ethiopia in East Africa — in search of aÃâà...
Refinery29
March 5, 2018
Tiffany Haddish is having a triumphant year, and her hilarity and infectious enthusiasm are making the Oscars red carpet a far better – and more unpredictable — place. Daniel Kaluuya and Michael Strahan were wrapping up their interview about Get Out during ABC's live carpet show, when HaddishÃâà...
YubaNet
March 2, 2018
GENEVA, March 1, 2018 – The new policy by Israel to deport Eritrean and Sudanese nationals violates international human rights and refugee law, UN human rights experts* have said, calling on the authorities to immediately suspend and revise the policy and its implementation. Under the policy, tens ofÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 2, 2018
There was no official response from the state; nor did the Facebook post mention any sources or show any sort of proof that supports the statement. But, of course, one can .... Even ordinary Eritrean citizens are afraid to utter the names of imprisoned former officials and journalists in public places in Eritrea.
AllAfrica.com
March 1, 2018
I left my country to find a better life abroad, if I am sent back to Africa I will go to Eritrea - whatever happens to me there. A number of Eritrean and Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers did eventually "agree" to "voluntary departure", around 18,000 people in total between 2013 and 2016, many of whomÃâà...
Jewish Journal (blog)
March 1, 2018
Today there are 38,000 refugee seekers from Eritrea and Sudan and another 7,000 of their children still in Israel. ... against blanket denials of refugee status for Eritreans whose asylum requests were based on army desertion and their fears that the Eritrean authorities would persecute them if they returned.
Quartz
February 27, 2018
The current deportation plan threatens to remove thousands of Africans, many of them from Sudan and Eritrea. The United Nations refugee agency estimates there are 27,000 Eritreans and 7,700 Sudanese in Israel, who say they fled war, persecution, and conscription. Officials, however, call themÃâà...
Haaretz
February 27, 2018
The issue was due to come up at a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Interior Minister Arye Dery and officials from several ministries, ... against Eritreans whose asylum requests were based on desertion and their fears that the Eritrean authorities would persecute them if they returned.
Aljazeera.com
February 26, 2018
Estefanos, a Swedish-Eritrean journalist and activist, and Father Mussie Zerai, a Catholic priest, both well-known refugee advocates, rushed to Palermo central police station in Sicily. There, they were told Italian authorities would help them identify the living and dead for the refugees' families back home.
The Japan Times
February 21, 2018
He could not dare return to his native Eritrea, a country he risked his life to flee in 2010. He also hoped to avoid the fate of compatriots who languished in a notorious desert jail for illegally staying in Israel. So in an emotional confrontation with immigration officials one day last November, the 29-year-oldÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 21, 2018
Knowing he would face imprisonment or worse if he was returned to Eritrea, Asmorom had little choice but to accept the transfer to Rwanda. He was given US$ 3,500 by Israeli authorities as part of the relocation scheme. Then, once in Rwanda, he and the nine other Eritrean refugees he had been travellingÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 2, 2018
Calais was home to the unofficial "jungle" refugee camp, which housed thousands of refugees in tents, until French authorities demolished it in October 2016. The city and neighbouring areas drew refugees and migrants from around the world due to its proximity to England, which lies at the other end of aÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 2, 2018
Calais was home to the unofficial "jungle" refugee camp, which housed thousands of refugees in tents, until French authorities demolished it in October 2016. The city and neighbouring areas drew refugees and migrants from around the world due to its proximity to England, which lies at the other end of aÃâà...
africanews
December 31, 1999
President of football's world governing body, FIFA, Gianni Infantino on Friday met with Eritrea president Isaias Afwerki during a working visit to Asmara. ... The FIFA boss, who was accompanied by other top officials including his secretary-general, Fatma Samoura, also met with the Eritrean Commissioner forÃâà...
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