The Guardian The refugee crisis in Syria and the Mediterranean has led to a rethinking of the role of refugees in society. Given that Europe now has lots of refugees, and is receiving more via the central Mediterranean, how can we empower them to make a contribution? Research by

TheGuardian The government downplayed the risk of human rights abuses in one of the world’s most repressive regimes in an attempt to reduce asylum seeker numbers despite doubts from its own experts, internal documents have revealed. Home Office documents obtained by the Public Law Project detail efforts

Hundreds of thousands are massing for a "Women's March on Washington", part of a global day of protests against new US President Donald Trump. The rally is one of more than 600 expected worldwide on the president's first full day in office. The aim is to highlight

Four people died and nearly 180 are missing, presumed dead, after Saturday's migrant ship capsize in the Mediterranean, officials said on Tuesday after interviewing a handful of survivors. Humanitarian workers from International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), recounted harrowing details of

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 20, 2017 marks the 11-year anniversary of the Eritrean government’s illegal removal of Abune Antonios as the rightful Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the nation’s largest religious community. The Patriarch has been detained since 2007: His

By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON He is ready for some quiet time, plans to do some writing and intends to give his successor space to govern, at least on most issues. President Barack Obama gave some insight into his vision for life after the

Disaster comes day after more than 550 migrants rescued between Libya and Italy More than 100 refugees have drowned after a boat sank in rough conditions in the Mediterranean Sea as the crisis shows no sign of slowing. The Italian Navy was searching for survivors from the vessel,

INTERNATIONAL Football : RSF publishes “game sheets” for African football tournament As the African Cup of Nations football tournament (AFCON) is about to start,  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) publishes “game sheets” showing the level of freedom of information in the participating nations and highlighting the biggest fouls against

Humanitarian organisations have condemned European governments for leaving refugees to “freeze to death” as the continent is gripped by a deadly cold snap. At least four asylum seekers are believed to have been killed by the conditions so far and thousands more remain at risk while sleeping

Officials say man claimed to be Medhanie Mered is instead believed to be Eritrean refugee Medhanie Berhe The Eritrean government has said a man being held in an Italian jail on suspicion of people smuggling is a victim of mistaken identity. In June last year Italian and

Total people in need: 2 million Total children (<18) in need: 1.2 million Total people to be reached in 2017: 505,0002 Total children to be reached in 2017: 450,000 In Eritrea, where the vast majority of livelihoods depend on subsistence agriculture and pastoralism, 80 per cent of the population

In the first week of the New Year, two Eritrean diplomats abandoned the Eritrean regime and applied for asylum in the United States of America. Mr. Omer Sarmea, charge d'affairs of Eritrean Embassy in Djibouti defected to the United States last Tuesday.  He was the only

telegraph.co.uk - Laura Hughes, political correspondent Ministers have ended funding for an all-female pop group dubbed Ethiopia’s Spice Girls following a furious backlash from Conservative MPs. Yegna, a five-strong pop group, was promised £5.2million of taxpayer's money to develop a "branded media platform". Priti Patel, the International Development Secretary,

Two attackers, a policeman and a court worker have been killed in a car bomb and gun assault on a courthouse in the Turkish city of Izmir, state media say. A number of people were wounded in the explosion, some critically. Images showed two cars ablaze and

ABU DHABI: His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Monday Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and discussed ways of enhancing ties of friendship and co-operation to serve mutual interests