Eritrea Took Part in AU-HOA Regional Conference on Human Trafficking and Smuggling

By The Eritrean Mission To AU, An Eritrean Delegation led by Ambassador Araya Desta, Permanent Representative to the AU and UN-ECA took part in the Second Regional Conference on the AU-HoA Initiative on Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants, held on 13 and 14 September 2015 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The Conference which was attended […]

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Habtom Merhay Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Smuggling Eritreans and Ethiopians into the U.S.

By U.S. Department of Justice, AN ERITREAN national, who is also a citizen of the United Kingdom, was sentenced today (16) to three years in prison for smuggling up to 99 undocumented migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia into the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney […]

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Ethiopia: TPLF, a Niche of Human Trafficking

By AmanuelBiedemariam, AFTER the war of 2000 failed to do the job, the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) and their handlers developed schemes to yank Eritrean youth out of their country, homes and livelihood. They targeted the youth to deprive Eritrea from the workforce necessary to build a nation and, to degrade the military’s capacities […]

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Eritrea Calls for a Robust and Concerted Effort on Identification and Prosecution of Human Traffickers

By TesfaNews AN ERITREAN delegation led by Foreign Minister Osman Saleh is currently in Khartoum participating at a regional ministerial conference on Human Trafficking and Smuggling in the Horn of Africa. Organized by the African Union (AU) in collaboration with the Government of the Sudan, UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Conference […]

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Habtom Merhay Pleads Guilty of Smuggling Eritreans and Ethiopians into the United States

By US Department of Justice, A NATIONAL of Eritrea and citizen of the United Kingdom pleaded guilty today to smuggling undocumented immigrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia into the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. of the District of Columbia and Special Agent […]

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