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28 Sep 2017

News Highlights: new EU resettlement plan, torture in Libya, Sudan travel ban dropped

by M. Ferrari | posted in: Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Union, Horn of Africa region, Human Trafficking, Libya, Refugees in the EU, Sudan, United Nations, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights: European Commission presented a migration plan which includes resettlement for at least 50,000 refugees from North Africa and the Horn of Africa; focus on reducing migration could destabilise countries and endanger human rights, says Saferworld; Eritrea refers to border situation in statement at UN General Assembly; Ethiopian ethnic clashes between Oromo and Somali investigated; UN refugee agency published a video on extortion and torture in Libya; German-based migrants charity states that it was fired at by Libyan coast guard.

7 Sep 2017

News Highlights: ECJ dismisses complaints refugee quota, Eritrean rebels video, Libya’s recent history

by K. Smits | posted in: Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Politics, France, Horn of Africa region, Italy, Libya, Refugees in the EU, Sudan, United Nations | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Italian interior minister Marco Minniti defends his strategy of making deals in Libya to stop migration; the European Court of Justice throws out complaints of Hungary and Slovakia against mandatory relocation of refugees; Eritrean rebels fear the support of Gulf states to Afewerki’s regime; Ethiopia’s drought situation declared major issue by UN; warnings about Cholera in Sudan; Libya’s fragmentation and deals with EU member states are analysed; and Human Rights Watch report states United Nation should start an investigation on torture as possible Crime Against Humanity in Egypt.

24 Aug 2017

News highlights: police clash with refugees in Rome, boats blocked in Libya, floods in Sudan

by K. Smits | posted in: Eritrea, European Union, Horn of Africa region, Libya, Migration, Refugees in the EU, South Sudan, Sudan, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights, the police in Rome use a water cannon to disperse protesting refugees; two opinion articles state that the EU’s migration policy may cause dehumanising conditions in Greek camps and more deaths in the Sahara desert; an armed group is stopping boats from leaving in Libya; Eritrea gets a new EU head of delegation; Eritrea’s biggest mine sees its production life cut in half; and flash floods cause damage in Sudan.