News Highlights: East Africa faces lack of aid funding, Interim Libyan government wants help on migration, Life sentence for smugglers proposed in UK
5 Mar 2021

News Highlights: East Africa faces lack of aid funding, Interim Libyan government wants help on migration, Life sentence for smugglers proposed in UK

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In this week’s news highlights: Humanitarian conditions are worsening in the Horn amidst funding reduction for aid; UN comments on human rights violations in Tigray; Statement of UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea; Testimonies on violence by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia amidst international inaction; Interim Libyan PM asks for international assistance on migration; at least 15 deaths off Libya coast; life sentence plan introduced for smugglers in UK; refugees protest in Greece; UN Committee for Children says Spain violated a minor’s rights in invasive determining of age; Report on increase of migrants and refugees landing in Italy; The IOM raises the attention migrant and refugee vaccinations.

For frequent updates about the situation in the Horn, please see the EEPA Horn situation reports.

News Highlights: Report on massacre in Aksum by Amnesty, EU Envoy warns Tigray situation “out of control”, Illegal pushback in the Aegean
26 Feb 2021

News Highlights: Report on massacre in Aksum by Amnesty, EU Envoy warns Tigray situation “out of control”, Illegal pushback in the Aegean

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In this week’s news highlights: Amnesty International reports on massacre in Aksum; EU Special Envoy warns situation in Tigray is out of control, urges for mandate to negotiate humanitarian access; Witness report on events in Shimelba refugee camp; Refugees from Benishangul-Gumuz flee to Sudan; Tigrayan peacekeepers in South Sudan fear ethnic targeting; Migration from the HoA to Gulf countries down 73%; Human traffickers arrested in Kufra; Press remarks from the EU High Representative on the situation in Ethiopia; At least 41 deaths in a shipwreck, while 45 others rescued in Central Mediterranean; Illegal pushbacks from Greek island reported; Scrutiny over private contractor hotels hosting asylum seekers in the UK; MSF calls to ensure vaccinations for undocumented migrants in EU; New UN Network centre on migration in Turkey; Open letter to G20 for financial support to developing countries amidst COVID-19.

For frequent updates about the situation in the Horn, please see the EEPA Horn situation reports.

Pekka Haavisto on Ethiopian crisis: conflict will not end soon
25 Feb 2021

Pekka Haavisto on Ethiopian crisis: conflict will not end soon

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EU Special Envoy and Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pekka Haavisto, stated that the humanitarian situation in Tigray is “out of control” and that the conflict is far from ending.