News highlights: the first weeks of January 2017
This post is the first of what we intend as a regular roundup about recent developments concerning refugees, human trafficking and the Horn of Africa. Our aim is to send this update on a weekly basis.
Dutch government to stop long arm Eritrean regime following report
This week, a Dutch report with the title that translates to ‘nothing is what it seems’ came out. The report presents detailed research into the Eritrean community and organisations in the Netherlands and the influence of the long arm of the Eritrean regime on it. Additionally, it covers the subject of problems of integration and participation. Following the report, the Dutch government responded with a letter, which details measures to weaken the influence of the regime and to stop the involuntary payment of 2% diaspora tax.
Daniel Mekonnen: deconstructing the myth of a “promising” political change in Eritrea
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On 24 November 2016, Eritrean lawyer Daniel Mekonnen gave a speech at a panel discussion on Eritrea, organized by Amnesty International, in Basel, Switzerland. The speech was aimed at two recent pronouncements by the Swiss government that suggest that positive political change is taking place in Eritrea. According to Mekonnen, this completely ignores the reality in the country.