Beyond Refugee Crisis and Human Tracking Perspectives for the Youth

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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Italy Blocks DNA Evidence that Could Exonerate Human Trafficking Suspect

“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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Evidence Exists on Complicity of Gov’ts and NGOs in the Trafficking of Eritreans: FM Osman

‘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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Father Mussie Zerai, Allegations of Facilitating Illegal Immigration and Meron Estefanos

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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Why the Number of Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean is Falling?

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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Sudan Courts Deport Dozens of Illegal Eritrean Migrants

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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