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1 Feb 2018

News Highlights: EU migration deals with Sudan, Eritrea responds to dismissal official, Post-Cotonou discussion in EU

by Ioanna Karagianni | posted in: Africa, EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, Horn of Africa region, Human Trafficking, Migration, South Sudan, Sudan | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Eritreans and Ethiopians increasingly trapped in Sudan, while EU funds authorities; Africa Monitors reports on effects border closure; EU ambassadors react to Sudan arrests; Kenyan and Ugandan arms prolong South Sudanese civil war, says UN official; Eritrea responds to dismissal of official by Dutch government; Head of Eritrean church in US urges Israel to stop deportations; four stories of Eritrean refugees; EU discusses Post-Cotonou agreement and human rights in ACP countries; EU puts fighting smuggling over helping victims of trafficking; demonstration against deportations from Israel; and Libya testimonies.

25 Jan 2018

News Highlights:Israeli pilots refuse to deport refugees, Libyan torture videos sent to family, missing migrant children in EU

by Ioanna Karagianni | posted in: Africa, EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, European Union, Horn of Africa region, Human Trafficking, Libya, Migration, Refugees in the EU, South Sudan, Sudan, Switzerland, United Nations, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights:Israeli pilots are refusing to deport Sudanese and Eritrea refugees; Eritrean president demands compensation fees, claiming Israel wants to deport Eritreans to Eritrea;; political relations around Eritrea are changing; South Sudan dangerous for aid workers; New … Continued

21 Dec 2017

News Highlights: Dutch parliament motion to close Eritrean embassy, businesses shut down in Asmara, EU divided over relocation

by K. Smits | posted in: Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Politics, European Union, Libya, Migration, Refugees in the EU, Sudan, Torture, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Dutch parliamentarians express their concern over the influence of the Eritrean regime and ask the government to close the Eritrean embassy; European Union sets June 2018 deadline for divisive relocation quota vote if no compromise is found; migration needs long term solutions, says European Commissioner; businesses in Eritrea close in what activists say is a move to control people; Human Rights Watch fears mistreatment of activists in Sudan; more clashes in the Oromia region of Ethiopia; and UN Refugee Agency wants to move 5.000 – 10.000 people out of Libyan detention centres in 2018.