News Highlights: EU’s return & relocations plans, Horn of Africa reports, resettlement of Eritreans
30 Mar 2017

News Highlights: EU’s return & relocations plans, Horn of Africa reports, resettlement of Eritreans

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This week’s news highlights includes the outcomes of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held in Brussels this week, News highlight of this week concerning the Europe and North Africa relations is Tripoli’s court block of the Italy-Libya deal on migration. Also, we will update you on the situation of Eritrean refugees in Yemen and Ethiopia, including the impact on their situation due to Trump’s executive order on resettlement. The latest updates concerning the Horn of Africa are three newly released reports covering mixed migration, the drought and children in armed conflict in the region.

News Highlights: human trafficking book, EU-Eritrea cooperation, aid for famine
16 Mar 2017

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

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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.

News Highlights: deportations to Afghanistan, Europe’s refugee children, tensions in the Horn of Africa
16 Feb 2017

News Highlights: deportations to Afghanistan, Europe’s refugee children, tensions in the Horn of Africa

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This week’s news highlights include an update about the latest European developments concerning Afghan asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors in Europe. Also this week: political developments at the Horn of Africa, covering the latest news in Somaliland, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Eritrea.