News Highlights: Rapid changes one year after the war started, Renewed evacuation push from Libya, Lives at risk at European borders
5 Nov 2021

News Highlights: Rapid changes one year after the war started, Renewed evacuation push from Libya, Lives at risk at European borders

by | posted in: Africa, African Union, Asylum Seekers, Belarus, Climate change, Coast guards, COVID-19, Detention, Doctors without Borders, Environment, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, France, Greece, Horn of Africa region, Human Rights abuses, Human Trafficking, IOM, Italy, Libya, Malnutrition, Médecins Sans Frontières, Mediterranean Sea, Migration, NGOs, Niger, Poland, Refugee Camps, Refugees in the EU, Rwanda, Search and Rescue Operations, Torture, Trafficking, Trauma, Tunisia, Turkey, Unaccompanied Minors, UNHCR, United Nations, US | 0

In this week news highlights: Reuters report details abuses against Eritrean refugees; Joint Investigation Report released; First anniversary of the start of the war in Tigray; Protests against coup continue in Sudan; Mass arrests of Tigrayans in Addis Ababa; Sudan facing humanitarian crisis; Almost 400 migrants and refugees rescued in the Mediterranean Sea; Rwanda renewed commitment in receiving refugees from Libya; 91 individuals voluntarily returned to Niger from Libya; 125 migrants and refugees prevented from reaching Europe by Tunisian coast guards; French Secretary of State accused Belarusian President Lukashenko of human trafficking; Migrants and refugees’ lives at risk at Poland-Belaurs border; Greece rescued 400 off its coasts; Bulgaria sends troops at border to stop migrants from entering; and Organizations call for better COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

News Highlights: Record 23,000 refugees returned to Libya in 2021, NGOs warn of mass surveillance of refugees, Tigray facing famine
10 Sep 2021

News Highlights: Record 23,000 refugees returned to Libya in 2021, NGOs warn of mass surveillance of refugees, Tigray facing famine

by | posted in: Africa, Asylum Seekers, Belgium, Coast guards, COVID-19, Deportation, Detention, Education, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Commission, European Parliament, European Politics, European Union, Frontex, Greece, Horn of Africa region, Human Rights abuses, Human Trafficking, IOM, Italy, Libya, Malnutrition, Mediterranean Sea, Migration, Refugee Camps, Refugees in the EU, Relocation system, Search and Rescue Operations, Starvation, Sudan, Torture, Trafficking, Trauma, Trends in Human Trafficking highlights, Tunisia, Turkey, Unaccompanied Minors, UNHCR, United Nations, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s highlights: The Elders address UNSC on Tigray; Refugees in Ethiopia approved for resettlement refused departure in Addis, say witnesses; UN urges opening of Tigray for aid; 29 Tigrayan bodies found in the river between Sudan and Ethiopia; 5,000 Ethiopian migrants blocked in Yemen; Ethiopia’s competing alliances; Over 23,000 refugees returned to Libya this year; More than 10,000 refugees attempted to cross from Tunisia to Italy; NGOs warn that extension of fingerprint database is a threat to refugee privacy; UK may push back refugees crossing the Channel; Migrants stuck at the EU-Belarus border facing dire conditions; Migrants and refugees arrested on unlawful reentry charges in Italy; Asylum seekers in Lesbos living in precarious temporary camp; and Education of refugee children “now under threat”.

News Highlights: Refugees in Tigray under threat, Denmark returning Syrian refugees “a dangerous precedent”, 1 in 3 trafficking victims are minors
30 Jul 2021

News Highlights: Refugees in Tigray under threat, Denmark returning Syrian refugees “a dangerous precedent”, 1 in 3 trafficking victims are minors

by | posted in: Africa, Asylum Seekers, Coast guards, COVID-19, Denmark, Deportation, Detention, Dublin Regulation, EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, Eritrean Women, Ethiopia, EU funding, European Commission, European Union, Forced labour, France, Greece, Horn of Africa region, Human Rights abuses, Human Trafficking, Hungary, International Criminal Court, INTERPOL, IOM, Italy, Libya, Malnutrition, Médecins Sans Frontières, Mediterranean Sea, Migration, Protest, Refugee Camps, Refugees in the EU, Relocation system, Research, Search and Rescue Operations, Starvation, Sudan, Torture, Trafficking, Trauma, Trends in Human Trafficking highlights, Turkey, Unaccompanied Minors, UNHCR | 0

In this week’s highlights: Eritrean refugees unsafe in Ethiopia; WFP running out of food in Tigray; 3,000 Ethiopian refugees from Amhara crossed over into Sudan this week; 32 suspects of human trafficking arrested in Sudan; 5,500 people pushed back this year in Europe; Denmark to return Syrian refugees in “a dangerous precedent”; Trafficking victims exploited in Europe identified in Italy are increasingly mothers and children; Nearly 1,000 refugees have died crossing the Central Mediterranean; Turkey refusing to take on more refugee cases as 500 refugees intercepted this week; Over 550 refugees intercepted by UK and French coast guard; 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention; COVID-19 has worsened global malnutrition.