News Highlights: Eritreans deported from Ethiopia, UK Court deems Rwanda deportations unlawful, New patrol boats to Libya

In this week’s News Highlights: Violence against civilians and refugees; Public facilities attacked and aid restricted in Sudan; Two-day Eid ceasefire broken; Women and civil society urge for cessation of violence in Sudan; RSF releases 125 SAF soldiers; Displacements due to conflict and food insecurities in Sudan; Troika condemns violence in Sudan; Kenyan President Ruto say there are ‘signs of genocide’ in Sudan; UNSC talks about Sudan; Eritreans face forced return from Ethiopia; Tigray church calls for resume of food aid to Tigray as hunger related death toll rises; Study finds children in primary school experience high levels of trauma; Facilities in Oromia looted and destroyed; Tigrayans disappeared during war still missing; Officials removed in Puntland, Somalia; EU delivers patrol boats to Libya coast guard despite its links with militia groups; NGO vessel rescues 86 people off Libyan coast; Dozens missing and 3 dead off Tunisian coast; Frontex contacts Libyan coast guard for SaR operations; Tunisian model should be extended in other countries, says EU chief; Hungary and Poland block conclusions on migration at EU Summit; ECtHR rules in favour of 67 ill-treated migrants and refugees; Walid case continues in the Netherlands; Rwanda deportation plan deemed unlawful; UK says cost of transferring to Rwanda is in the hundreds of thousands; Greece to continue “strict but fair” migration policy after elections; Greek police and Spanish NGO rescue more than 300 migrants and refugees; Save the Children’s proposal for the protection of unaccompanied minors in Italy; Spain and Morocco under investigation for delayed rescue; and Amnesty accuses Spain and Morocco of Melilla cover-up.

News Highlights: Negotiations in Sudan yield no ceasefire, ICC issues arrest warrants in Libya, EU documents reveal violations at Greek camps

In this week’s News Highlights: Negotiations in Sudan yield no ceasefire; Humanitarian situation in Sudan; Polarisation of Sudanese people via online campaigns; Youth in Sudan organises grassroots movements; Foreign involvement in Sudan conflict; Refugees and IDPs suffer amidst conflict in the Horn of Africa; Deportation and arrests of Eritreans; Situation in Eritrea of growing concern; Ethiopia denies deportation of Eritreans during Tigray war; Interview with Isaias touches on Sudan; ICC issues new arrest warrants for human rights violations in Libya; Families of missing refugees protest in Morocco; 805 migrants and refugees rescued off Tunisian coast; MEPs debate on the situation in Sudan; UK police to investigate organ trafficking; New wave of refugees from Turkey expected if Erdogan wins; 3 dead and 234 rescued off Lampedusa; Italian police arrests 29 alleged smugglers; Meloni and Haftar to discuss migration and stabilisation in Libya; EU documents reveal violations at Greek refugee camps; Europe top-ranked in wanting to reduce immigration; and Germany increases funds for asylum seekers.

by EEPA Admin
Posted on November 4, 2022November 4, 2022
Abiy Ahmed

In this week’s news highlights: Tigray- Ethiopia Peace agreement signed; Filsan Abdi and her resignation over the Tigray conflict; WHO says Tigray region has run out of medical supplies; Situation rapidly deteriorating, but the population does not revolt; Double terrorist bombing in Mogadishu; Closing women’s clinic in South Sudan symptomatic of waning donor interest; 8 million South Sudanese to face acute food insecurity; Resurgence of ethnic clashes in Blue Nile state; Cash handouts as alternative to alleviate drought suffering; EU funds Egyptian border control to curb migration via Libya; Torture of a minor Eritrean refugee in Libya; UN experts condemn lack of accountability for abuses at Europe’s border; EU looks to strengthen ties with Western Balkans; Lack of political will on migration solidarity; Report calls for an end to Eritrean diaspora tax; Czech Council presidency proposes reworked voluntary relocation mechanism; Extension of internal border checks with Slovakia; 1000 rescued migrants and refugees waiting for disembarkation; The food crisis must be addressed at a global level.