The Financial Newspaper in Norway posted an article on 2% tax that members of the Eritrean diaspora pay to Eritrea. Member of the Norwegian Parliament Bård Vegar Solhjell says that the tax cannot continue. He expects the Norwegian government to take action. The news comes after the Parliament in the Netherlands passed a motion to push for investigation of the tax in the Netherlands and other EU member states.
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Koenders, has expressed worries about the double taxation of Eritreans in the Netherlands. Koenders stated this during a conversation with the Eritrean Minister Osman Saleh on Tuesday 23 August. The Dutch Minister is troubled … Continued
The Dutch Amnesty International website recently published an article from news magazine ‘wordt vervolgd’ on intimidation and the use of legal action being taken by supporters of the Eritrean regime towards critics in the Netherlands. The critics that are targeted state that this has not discouraged them from publishing. On the contrary, they say that they have become even more determined.