EEPA news and activities Archives - Page 43 of 59

1 Mar 2018

News Highlights: Eritrean government-linked interpreters in Europe, UN identifies possible war criminals in South Sudan, French asylum law criticized

by Ioanna Karagianni | posted in: EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, European Parliament, France, Horn of Africa region, Migration, South Sudan, Sudan, The Netherlands, United Nations, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Eritrean government-linked individuals in Europe acting as interpreters for Eritrean asylum seekers; Eritrean meeting in London cancelled after diaspora protests; UN urges Sudan to end impunity for rape crimes; South Sudan on the brink of famine; South Sudanese military officially accused by UN for perpetrating war crimes; Number of unaccompanied children refugees in South Sudan worrying; French draft law on asylum criticized as unbalanced; Frontex would not mind becoming the new European law enforcement agency; UNDP discusses the shortcomings of the Sustainable Development Goals in the European Parliament.

22 Feb 2018

News Highlights: hunger strike in Israel as asylum seekers are jailed, Eritrea denies border talks with Ethiopia

by Ioanna Karagianni | posted in: Africa, Al-Shahaab, Asylum Seekers, EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, Ethiopia, George Soros, Horn of Africa region, Refugees in the EU, Somalia, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Israel:First Eritreans in jail triggers hunger strike; Canada concerned with the situation in Israel; The story of an Eritrean who is now granted asylum in Italy; Sudan’s progress in women’s status; Eritrea denies talks with Ethiopia for border; Somalia’s Al-Shahaab in crisis; Ethiopian ruling party powerless, US Congressman says; Massive protests in Ethiopia; US urges Ethiopia to reconsider martial law; Frontex and the African asylum seekers; Soros as the ideal enemy for Hungary.

15 Feb 2018

News Highlights: Ethiopia’s PM resigns, arrests Sudan continue, Hungary moves against NGOs

by Ioanna Karagianni | posted in: Asylum Seekers, Benjamin Netanyahu, EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Commission, European Union, Horn of Africa region, IOM, Israel, Libya, Médecins Sans Frontières, Refugees in the EU, Sudan | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Ethiopian PM resigns; arrests of opposition leaders in Sudan continue; fatal accident in Libyakills at least 19 smuggled Eritreans, Somalis and Ethiopians; background to Israel’s plans todeport thousands of Eritreans and Sudanese;Rwanda continues to deny any agreement with Israel for the deportation of asylum seekers; Hungary submits measuresagainst NGOs assisting migrants to the parliament; UK to create and circulate anti-immigration campaign; politics is the barrier of solving migration issue, not migration itself, IOM chief says; European Commission’s resettlement measures waiting for response from member states.