Migrant Deportation Archives

Eritrean President Criticizes Israel’s Migrant Deportation Plan

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

‘Eritreans who wish to return from Israel have every right to do so’ – President Afwerki BY ASSOCIATED PRESS In an interview, Eritrea’s president has expressed his displeasure with Israel’s plan to deport tens of thousands of African migrants, saying they deserve far more than the $3,500 they were offered to leave. President Isaias Afwerki’s […]

Rwanda, Uganda Deny Deal With Israel to Take Africa Migrants

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY YVONNE RARIEYA | CGTN AFRICA The governments of Rwanda and Uganda are denying any deal with Israel to host thousands of African migrants told to leave that country in the next three months or face incarceration. Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority this week called on migrants from Sudan and Eritrea to leave “to their […]

New Italian PM Orders Mass Deportations of Migrants

January 7, 2017TesfaNews33 Comments

By Justin Holcomb, The newly appointed prime minister of Italy is calling for massive changes in the country’s immigration policy for 2017. Paolo Gentiloni is expected to call for a full reversal on his predecessor’s policies which allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants enter Europe through Italy.

IOM Evacuation Operations for Stranded Ethiopians and Somalis from Yemen Resumes

November 16, 2016November 16, 2016TesfaNews4 Comments

“Yemeni authorities are deporting hundreds of Ethiopian and Somali migrants to Djibouti under deplorable conditions.” – IOM By IOM, IOM evacuation operations are resuming in Yemen, after a pause imposed by airstrikes and ground fights in the country. Reception capacity for the large influx of migrants from Ethiopia and other Horn of Africa countries returning […]

Finally, EU Gets Tough on African Migrants

October 19, 2016October 20, 2016TesfaNews24 Comments

By Gabriela Baczynska and Alastair Macdonald, Encouraged by their success in halting a mass influx of refugees by closing Greek borders and cutting a controversial deal with Turkey, EU leaders are getting tough on African migrants too. A Brussels summit on Thursday will endorse pilot projects to pressure African governments via aid budgets to slow […]

Politicizing Eritrean Economic Migrants

December 10, 2013January 27, 2016TesfaNews14 Comments

By Madote, It sounds like every developing country in the world has economic migrant issues except for Eritrea. This is because when Eritrean economic migrants leave their country, they are falsely labeled as “refugees” or “asylum seekers“. This unfair politicization of migrants is kept in place to induce more Eritreans to leave their country by […]