Eritrean diplomat asks: ‘Why is the Sudan conflict not an important issue’ for the UN?
EPHREM KOSSAIFY September 29, 2023 NEW YORK CITY: Even as the 78th session of the UN General Assembly came to an end on Tuesday, it was clear that the curtain […]
2021 in Review: Why worldwide refugee flows surged again despite the pandemic
NextShort Url https://arab.news/4tnvx JONATHAN GORNALL December 28, 2021 In the first 11 months of 2021, some 14,000 migrants had already come to Europe — more than in the whole of […]
Sudan makes amends with Eritrea by opening border after a year of tension
by Nduta Waweru, at 08:00 am, February 01, 2019, As protest against Sudan’s Omar al Bashir continues in parts of the country, the embattled president is on the look out […]
Ethio-Eritrea peace: PM Abiy merits top slot at 2018 U.N. summit – Sweden
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Ethiopia Sweden’s Ambassador to the United Nations says Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deserves to be the center of attraction at the upcoming United Nations General […]
Ethiopia, Eritrea and the hope for lasting peace
Source: Al Jazeera News By Hamza Mohamed Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – On Tuesday, as dawn broke with a hint of sunlight piercing through the thick rain-season clouds, residents in Addis Ababa […]
Israel says to send 16,000 African migrants to Western countries
Reuters Staff JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Monday it has canceled a plan to deport African migrants to Africa and reached an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to […]
Eritrea arrests hundreds of perceived opponents – U.N.
Reuters International This content was published on March 14, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A old Fiat car drives along a street in Eritrea’s capital Asmara, February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File […]
Israel is betraying its history by expelling African asylum-seekers
By Gershom Gorenberg January 29 African migrants demonstrated outside the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel on Jan. 22. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images) “I don’t have a […]
UNDER INVESTIGATION: Priest urges nations to improve migrant rescues
By Luigi Jorio AUGUST 11, 2017 Mussie Zerai is often on the telephone helping migrants (Keystone) An Eritrean Catholic priest living in Switzerland says his efforts to save migrants’ lives show the need for nations to rescue more people trying to reach Europe through the Mediterranean. Nominated […]
Automatic open door for Eritreans is shut
Switzerland: ASYLUM POLITIC FEB 2, 2017 – No more automatic entry for Eritreans illegally fleeing (Keystone) A Swiss court has ruled that the nation’s policy toward Eritrean refugees needs tightening. The Federal Administrative Court’s decision handed down on Thursday says Switzerland will no longer recognize Eritreans as refugees solely […]
OBJECTIVE MISSION? Migration office criticises politicians’ Eritrea visit
FEB 16, 2016 – 11:20 Swiss parliamentarian Thomas Aeschi visited the village of Mendefera in Eritrea in early February, as part of a private parliamentary mission to the country (Keystone) While declaring that Eritrea is not the “North Korea of Africa”, the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration has criticised […]
The polygamy hoax that spread from Iraq to Eritrea
BBC Trending BBC TrendingWhat’s popular and why 30 January 2016 Image copyright@asmali77 / TwitterImage captionThe hoax spawned a host of jokes online A false rumour that men in Eritrea would be legally obliged to marry at least two women went viral this week. But it’s a hoax that has hit […]
The refugee crises you don’t hear about
By Bethan McKernan in news Roma or Romani people have been discriminated against for millennia and the tradition continues in Europe today. A camp of mostly Roma on the outskirts of Malmo in Sweden wasraided last month. More than 200 people’s homes were destroyed and the local authorities only have plans to […]