News Highlights: EU plans for Syria, Libya, Yemen, New Italy-Libya deal, US sanctions Eritrea
6 Apr 2017

News Highlights: EU plans for Syria, Libya, Yemen, New Italy-Libya deal, US sanctions Eritrea

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This week’s news highlights include the outcomes of the EU Foreign Affairs Council held in Luxembourg this Monday, an investigation showing little evidence of the allegations of NGO connections with human smugglers in the Mediterranean Sea and an update of the arrivals in EU. A new deal between Italy and Libya on the Libyan Southern border was reached. Eritrea was put under new sanctions by the United States while the flow of people fleeing the country towards South Sudan is increasing.

News Highlights: UNICEF and MSF report, EU-North Africa cooperation, Eritreans held ransom
2 Mar 2017

News Highlights: UNICEF and MSF report, EU-North Africa cooperation, Eritreans held ransom

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In this week’s news highlights we will share with you: the latest MSF report on the situation of Eritrean refugees and the UNICEF report documenting the situation of refugees on the Mediterranean route. Latest news of this week covers Europe’s increasing cooperation with African countries. News highlights concerning the Horn of Africa include recent developments in Sudan and South Sudan.

Three Eritrean nationals at risk of deportation in France
8 Dec 2016

Three Eritrean nationals at risk of deportation in France

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Earlier this week, it was reported that three Eritrean nationals are being held at the Mesnil-Amelot detention center in France, with a risk of being expelled from French territory. All three arrived in April 2016 and lived in the jungle of Calais. It is feared that the French government may be considering to deport the trio to Eritrea, …