BY UNODC The UN Office on Drug and Crime(UNODC) Regional Office for Eastern Africa (ROEA), together with the Government of Eritrea, recently presented the first training for 30 law enforcement officials in Eritrea on Countering Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.
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BY MELA GHEBREMEDHIN | SHABAIT I was watching the standup comedy show of Trevor Noah the other day. In his show he talked about migration and the rise of xenophobia in the Western world and how it contradicts what those same countries did by conquering the world and colonizing populations. When migration comes from the […]
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BY EMBASSY MEDIA Universal Peace Federation (UPF) Austria, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of the State of Eritrea to the United Nations in Vienna, UNCAV – United Nations Correspondents Association and the Horn of Africa Peace Initiative, hosted a panel discussion on the 3rd of November 2017 themed “Beyond Refugee Crisis and Human Tracking […]
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“We are basing our legal proceedings on other data, not on DNA.” – Prosecutors BY SALEM SOLOMON | VOA NEWS Italian prosecutors will not accept as evidence a DNA test that could exonerate an Eritrean man accused of smuggling thousands of Africans to Italy. It’s the latest setback for Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe, whose trial has continued […]
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‘These governments and organizations are involved at smuggling of Eritreans, as part of their sensational campaign to demonize the nation, encourage youth to flee and weaken the country.’ BY FOREIGN MINISTER OSMAN SALEH Statement by HE Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea, during the UN General Assembly meeting on […]
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BY FRANCESCA TOTOLO | LUCA DONADEL We have already spoken in a previous insight into the figure of Father Mussie Zerai (NGO Analysis in the Mediterranean) and on Habeshia, an organization he founded with the purpose of “helping migrants to come to Europe”.
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BY THE ECONOMIST Over the past three summers, tens of thousands of migrants piled into boats to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean. This summer, though, the sea was unusually empty. Since the European Union and Turkey struck a deal in 2016—in effect closing the eastern route to Greece—Italy has been the main destination […]
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BY RADIO DABANGA Sudanese courts deported 104 Eritrean refugees in August, and sentenced others to imprisonment for their ‘illegal infiltration into the Sudanese territory’. A group of refugees was detained on their way to Libya more than a month ago. Forty-four of the 104 Eritreans deported by courts in Khartoum and Kassala were women, sources […]
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