MILAN – An overcrowded ship carrying up to 600 people trying to flee Libya sank just outside the port of Tripoli, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday, citing witness accounts.
It might have been cold outside, but Eritrean refugee Adam Salim Idris received a warm welcome when he arrived at Cranbrook airport on Monday.
Los Angeles residents have hosted a warm welcome diner party to the Eritrean refugee who arrived from Refugee camp Shimbela in northern Tigray Ethiopia on Jan 17-01-2011 at Eritrean restaurant.
Thousands of Israelis marched through the streets of Tel Aviv on Friday morning in protest against a government plan to construct a massive detention facility for foreigners infiltrating into Israel via the country’s southern border with Egypt.
The European Parliament has passed a resolution on the Eritrean refugees being held hostage by people traffickers in the Sinai Desert, urging the Egyptian authorities to take “all necessary measures” to secure their release, and to allow the UNHCR access to all refugees and asylum seekers in state custody, including those in the Sinai.
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW)
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By: Ryan Crocker
Bereket Yohannes often lies awake at night in his
Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) wishes to express its deep concern and disappointment at the news that the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has been forced to cease all activities in
Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) wishes to express its deep concern and disappointment at the news that the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has been forced to cease all activities in
Morning breaks over Shimelba refugee camp in northern Ethiopia. The mud brick houses with thatched roofs are home to around 11,000 refugees who have fled from persecution in neighboring Eritrea. Many of the refugees are children and teenagers who now face life growing up in a refugee camp in a foreign country.
Morning breaks over Shimelba refugee camp in northern Ethiopia. The mud brick houses with thatched roofs are home to around 11,000 refugees who have fled from persecution in neighboring Eritrea. Many of the refugees are children and teenagers who now face life growing up in a refugee camp in a foreign country.
An Eritrean refugee and former prisoner has gone into hiding after allegedly receiving a threat from the head of the Eritrean diplomatic mission in
An Eritrean refugee and former prisoner has gone into hiding after allegedly receiving a threat from the head of the Eritrean diplomatic mission in
An Eritrean refugee in Halifax killed himself in late February after losing an asylum appeal to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board. Habtom Kibraeb, 40, was found dead, hanging from a tree in the Clayton Park area.
An Eritrean refugee in Halifax killed himself in late February after losing an asylum appeal to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board. Habtom Kibraeb, 40, was found dead, hanging from a tree in the Clayton Park area.
By BEN HARTMAN
Eritreans constitute by far the largest population of asylum-seekers in Israel, according to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.
By BEN HARTMAN
Eritreans constitute by far the largest population of asylum-seekers in Israel, according to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.
Two Eritrean men were charged yesterday with abducting African refugees who wished to work in Israel and extorting money from their families already here.
Two Eritrean men were charged yesterday with abducting African refugees who wished to work in Israel and extorting money from their families already here.
By Jack Oyoo
“The documents are being studied on whether they qualify for refugee status, and officials say they cannot confirm immediately whether this will happen. But they have a strong case,” the source said.
By Jack Oyoo
“The documents are being studied on whether they qualify for refugee status, and officials say they cannot confirm immediately whether this will happen. But they have a strong case,” the source said.
3:08pm Thursday 1st October 2009
Eden Habtemichael and her daughter Segen
THE voices of Oxford’s refugees and asylum seekers are to be heard in a new poetry anthology.
3:08pm Thursday 1st October 2009
Eden Habtemichael and her daughter Segen
THE voices of Oxford’s refugees and asylum seekers are to be heard in a new poetry anthology.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Nearly 1,000 Eritreans demonstrated in Tel Aviv, demanding that Israeli authorities allow them to seek refugee status.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Nearly 1,000 Eritreans demonstrated in Tel Aviv, demanding that Israeli authorities allow them to seek refugee status.
Sunday, 21 September 2008 08:18 Eritrean Refugees at Shimelba refugee
camp in Ethiopia Source : Delina(Aksum 14-09-08)- A Release-Eritrea
delegation visiting Shimelba refugee camp in the North of Ethiopia has
learnt that, inhabitants of the camp have been notified that they have
been approved for resettlement in the United States of America.
camp in Ethiopia Source : Delina(Aksum 14-09-08)- A Release-Eritrea
delegation visiting Shimelba refugee camp in the North of Ethiopia has
learnt that, inhabitants of the camp have been notified that they have
been approved for resettlement in the United States of America.
Sunday, 21 September 2008 08:18 Eritrean Refugees at Shimelba refugee
camp in Ethiopia Source : Delina(Aksum 14-09-08)- A Release-Eritrea
delegation visiting Shimelba refugee camp in the North of Ethiopia has
learnt that, inhabitants of the camp have been notified that they have
been approved for resettlement in the United States of America.
camp in Ethiopia Source : Delina(Aksum 14-09-08)- A Release-Eritrea
delegation visiting Shimelba refugee camp in the North of Ethiopia has
learnt that, inhabitants of the camp have been notified that they have
been approved for resettlement in the United States of America.
Reporters Without Borders has written to the 27 European Unionministers responsible for asylum policy ahead of this week’s “Building
a Europe of Asylum” ministerial conference in Paris, asking them to do
more to protect the dozens of journalists and free speech activists who
are forced into exile each year to escape reprisals by governments or
non-state groups.
Reporters Without Borders has written to the 27 European Unionministers responsible for asylum policy ahead of this week’s “Building
a Europe of Asylum” ministerial conference in Paris, asking them to do
more to protect the dozens of journalists and free speech activists who
are forced into exile each year to escape reprisals by governments or
non-state groups.
Italian coastguard vessels intercepted an unknown number of makeshift
craft on Thursday and Friday, which predominantly contained immigrants
from Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia, Italian news reports said.
craft on Thursday and Friday, which predominantly contained immigrants
from Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia, Italian news reports said.
Italian coastguard vessels intercepted an unknown number of makeshift
craft on Thursday and Friday, which predominantly contained immigrants
from Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia, Italian news reports said.
craft on Thursday and Friday, which predominantly contained immigrants
from Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia, Italian news reports said.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 30 (Reuters) – The head of the U.N.
refugee agency said on Monday it was engaged in frank discussions with
Egypt about the mass deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers.
refugee agency said on Monday it was engaged in frank discussions with
Egypt about the mass deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 30 (Reuters) – The head of the U.N.
refugee agency said on Monday it was engaged in frank discussions with
Egypt about the mass deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers.
refugee agency said on Monday it was engaged in frank discussions with
Egypt about the mass deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers.
Eritrea’s Repressive Rule Gets an Israeli Slap in the Face over Eritrean Refugee Repatriation Issues
With Eritrean refugees continuing to stream into Israel, the Ehud Olmert Administration has blamed the large influxes on the repressive policies of the Asmara government.
Eritrea’s Repressive Rule Gets an Israeli Slap in the Face over Eritrean Refugee Repatriation Issues
With Eritrean refugees continuing to stream into Israel, the Ehud Olmert Administration has blamed the large influxes on the repressive policies of the Asmara government.
The number of Eritrean refugees entering Ethiopia reached a record high of more than 600 in November, Ethiopia’s government said on Friday. (Reuters)
The number of Eritrean refugees entering Ethiopia reached a record high of more than 600 in November, Ethiopia’s government said on Friday. (Reuters)