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27 Apr 2017

News Highlights: concerns for minor refugees, Libya detention centres, Sudanese politics

by Maria Gargano | posted in: Eritrea, Horn of Africa region, Libya, Migration, Refugees in the EU, Sudan, Weekly news highlights, Yemen | 0

In this week’s news highlights, the European Court of Auditors report shows dangerous conditions in Greek and Italian refugee camps especially for the 23000 children, while Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) again denounces the appalling conditions in Libyan detention centres. In the Horn of Africa, the UN Monitoring Group will deliver the midterm report on the 30th of April; Eritrea figures again at the bottom of the list in the Freedom of Press Index; furthermore, Sudanese politics are a house of cards, according to the Institute for Security Studies.

16 Mar 2017

News Highlights: human trafficking book, EU-Eritrea cooperation, aid for famine

by shoefner | posted in: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa region, Human Trafficking, Migration, Refugees in the EU, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights we will share with you: the book launch of Human Trafficking and Trauma in the Digital Era: The Ongoing Tragedy of Trade in Refugees from Eritrea and the latest political events that give an overview of Europe’s tendencies in migration politics. In the Horn of Africa, famine is increasing but international response is reluctant. Also included: increasing human rights abuses in South Sudan, cross-border attacks between Ethiopia and South Sudan and an update on Ethiopia’s state of emergency.

8 Mar 2017

European Court of Justice decision: no humanitarian visas – a loss for refugees, a win for traffickers

by shoefner | posted in: European Politics, European Union, Human Trafficking, Refugees in the EU | 0

Yesterday, 07 March 2017, the European Court of Justice ruled its decision on humanitarian visas in the European Union and came to the conclusion that member states cannot be obliged to admit asylum seekers on humanitarian grounds, even if they are at risk of torture or inhuman treatment. The court ruled on a on the case of a Syrian family of five from Aleppo. The family initially applied for a visa to Belgium at the Belgian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon but the Belgian Immigration Office refused the visa because it was clear that the family intended to overstay it.