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20 Jul 2017

News Highlights: Eritrean Patriarch Antonios seen at Mass, Italy threatens EU, summer break

by K. Smits | posted in: Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Union, Mediterranean Sea, Migration, Refugees in the EU, South Sudan, Sudan | 0

This week in the News Highlights: EEPA takes a summer break and the News Highlights will continue 17 August; Italy is keeping the option open of granting temporary visas for migrants; right-wing group aims to help returning migrants and refugees to Libya; Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, Abune Antonios, was seen at a Mass but according to witnesses, he was not allowed to speak; shots were fired in a three-hour exchange between the Eritrean and Ethiopian military; negotiations on sanctions US-Sudan continue; and state of emergency is declared in four South Sudan states.

5 Jul 2017

News Highlights: urgency resolution Eritrea, EU ‘reducing migration’, violence in South Sudan

by K. Smits | posted in: African Union, EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, European Union, Horn of Africa region, Libya, Mediterranean Sea, Migration, Refugees in the EU, South Sudan, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights, the European Parliament is about to vote on an urgency resolution about Eritrea, mainly the cases of Patriarch Abune Antonios and journalist Dawit Isaak; the European Commission released new proposals for ‘reducing migration pressures’ in the Central Mediterranean Route; U.S. carried out a drone strike in Somalia aimed at Al-Shabaab; the African Union will send a delegation to Eritrea to discuss the dispute with Djibouti; Amnesty International warns of brutal atrocities in South Sudan; and UNHCR released a new report on mixed migration in Libya.

20 Jun 2017

New UNHCR report shows displaced people on the rise in 2016 – again

by Maria Gargano | posted in: Migration, Refugees in the EU, United Nations | 0

On the 19th of June the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) released its annual report on “Global Trends on forced displacement” for 2016. The report collects the yearly data on the different categories of people affected by forced displacement: refugees, returned refugees, asylum seekers, Internal Displaced People (IDPs), returned IDPs, stateless people and other persons of concern to UNHCR.