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25 Sep 2020

Review of the book series “Connected and Mobile: Migration and Human Trafficking in Africa” by researcher Dan Connell

by A. Coessens | posted in: Africa, Asylum Seekers, Eritrea, Eritrean Women, Ethiopia, European Union, Horn of Africa region, Human Trafficking, Kenya, Libya, Migration, Research, Torture, Trafficking, Trauma | 0

Review of the book series “Connected and Mobile: Migration and Human Trafficking in Africa” by researcher, writer and photographer, Dan Connell. “The four-book series, Connected and Mobile: Migration and Human Trafficking in Africa, is the most comprehensive collection of reports and assessments on these issues—particularly as they apply to Eritrea and the Horn of Africa—that has been published to date, so far as I am aware,” states Connell.

18 Sep 2020

News Highlights: Floods in Sudan and Ethiopia, Libyan Prime Minister Al-Sarraj to resign, Greece denies relocation to refugees from Moria

by L. Storchi | posted in: Africa, Al-Shahaab, COVID-19, Detention, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Migration, Uncategorized, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights: 27 religious prisoners released on bail in Eritrea; Heavy floods in Sudan and Ethiopia; Six killed after bomb attack in Somalia; Ethiopian refugees repatriated from Saudi detention camps; Boat capsizes in front of Libyan coast; Prime Minister of Libya Al-Sarraj to resign; Greece pledges to build a new refugee centre on Lesbos; Germany takes in 1,500 refugees, but Greece says it will not let any leave; Migrants and refugees allowed to disembark from Maersk Etienne; Health care declined for migrants on Open Arms; and Report explores the implementation of the Global Compact on Migration amidst COVID-19.

11 Sep 2020

News Highlights: Moria on fire, Tigray vote raises tensions in Ethiopia, 3 migrants jump from Maesk Etienne rescue boat

by A. Coessens | posted in: Abiy Ahmed, Africa, Environment, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Commission, Greece, Horn of Africa region, Italy, Libya, Médecins Sans Frontières, Migration, Refugee Camps, Sudan | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Tensions arise over vote in Tigray region, Ethiopia; Sudan ends 30 years of Islamic Law; New cohort of youth travels to national service training in Eritrea in crowded buses; Eritrean military colonel arrested in Asmara; US suspends part of aid to Ethiopia over Blue Nile dam dispute; Eritrea – Sudan agree to bolster bilateral relations; UN chief Guterres calls for closing detention centers in Libya; Fires break out at Moria refugee camp; Migrants moved from centre on Lampedusa; 3 migrants jump from Maersk Etienne boat; Dutch advisory council recommends cooperation to prevent ‘digital colonialism’ in Africa; Opposing migration protests in Dover, UK; EU to improve integration of migrants in the labour market; and Ecological threats risk mass population displacement.