Two boats that reportedly set out from Libya on 22 and 25 March, one carrying 335 Eritreans and the other 68 Eritreans and Ethiopians, have disappeared. Click on the Link to Read the Story in Full: Guardian UK Related Report: Libyans shooting Sub-Saharan African refugees seeking to escape
Muammar Gaddafi has been handed a “non-negotiable ultimatum” by Barack Obama to accept an immediate ceasefire, pull back from Libyan rebel strongholds and permit humanitarian assistance – or face the full onslaught of UN-endorsed air strikes.
We shouldn’t automatically label immigrants ‘illegal’, but tell that to the EU, especially when it comes to Italy’s accord with Libya
David Cronin
If I could delete just one term from the English language it would have to be “illegal immigrants”. The notion that it is a crime to risk one’s life fleeing poverty in search of a better life abroad is an affront to the most elementary tenets of justice. And yet politicians and journalists (myself included, in the past) routinely designate such people as illegal without a second thought.
We shouldn’t automatically label immigrants ‘illegal’, but tell that to the EU, especially when it comes to Italy’s accord with Libya
David Cronin
If I could delete just one term from the English language it would have to be “illegal immigrants”. The notion that it is a crime to risk one’s life fleeing poverty in search of a better life abroad is an affront to the most elementary tenets of justice. And yet politicians and journalists (myself included, in the past) routinely designate such people as illegal without a second thought.
It is not often Eritrea gets a mention in the news. Thank you for your excellent article on the Eritrean refugee squat in Calais (The house of despair, G2, 30 July) explaining the appalling human rights situation that is forcing so many young people to flee Eritrea – with so many dying on the way in the Libyan deserts or the Mediterranean.
It is not often Eritrea gets a mention in the news. Thank you for your excellent article on the Eritrean refugee squat in Calais (The house of despair, G2, 30 July) explaining the appalling human rights situation that is forcing so many young people to flee Eritrea – with so many dying on the way in the Libyan deserts or the Mediterranean.
“ካብ ኵናት ዝዓግት ዓቢ ኣህጉራዊ ጸቕጢ እንተዘይተገይሩለን፡ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሒደት ሰሙናት ዳግማይ ናብ ዶባዊ ኵናት ክምለሳ ይኽእላ እየን” ክብል ሓደ ዓቢ ጽልዋ ዘለዎ ኣህጉራዊ ትካል ምርምር (International Crisis Group) ሎሚ (05 ሕዳር) ከምዘጠንቀቐ ‘መይል ኤንድ ጋርድያን ኦንላይን’ ሓቢሩ።
Once seen as a model of new Africa, Eritrea is now the continent’s most paranoid state,
Once seen as a model of new Africa, Eritrea is now the continent’s most paranoid state,