Rome, February 10th, 2011. We have received another chilling update from don Mussie Zerai on the situation of the migrants being kept in chains in Northern Sinai.
Bedouin smuggling gangs are holding over a hundred African migrants for ransom in the Sinai desert. BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has had rare access to smugglers close to the Israeli border.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and Human Rights Concern-Eritrea welcome the intervention by Pope Benedict XVI on behalf of refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan who are being held hostage in the Sinai Desert by people traffickers.
Vatican City – Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged an end to the plight of dozens of migrants, mainly from Eritrea, believed to be held hostage by human traffickers, along the Egypt-Israel border.
Agenzia Habeshia, EveryOne Group, Human Rights Concern Eritrea and Christian Solidarity Worldwide today sent a joint appeal to the UN, the EU, the British, the Italian and the Egyptian governments for urgent intervention in the plight of refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia who are currently held hostage in the Sinai Desert by Bedouin people traffickers.
Sources say, around 10 African refugees, including Eritreans, have been killed in an inhuman way by human smugglers in
Sources say, around 10 African refugees, including Eritreans, have been killed in an inhuman way by human smugglers in
EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) – Egyptian border police shot dead two African migrants trying to slip into Israel, security sources said, pushing the number of African migrants killed this week at the sensitive border to four.
EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) – Egyptian border police shot dead two African migrants trying to slip into Israel, security sources said, pushing the number of African migrants killed this week at the sensitive border to four.
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.