News Highlights: Eritrea-Djibouti tensions, global displacement, counter-terrorism in Sahel
22 Jun 2017

News Highlights: Eritrea-Djibouti tensions, global displacement, counter-terrorism in Sahel

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In this week’s news highlights, the UN Refugee Agency published its annual report on global displacement, showing a continuing upward trend in the numbers of displacement; the tensions over migration between European Union member states continue; counter-terrorism force in Sahel region approved by UN Security Council; tensions between Djibouti and Eritrea rise, and fears grow that tensions between Arab allies may cause conflict in the Horn of Africa; and International organisations have not learned their lessons from previous engagements with the Eritrean regime.

New UNHCR report shows displaced people on the rise in 2016 – again
20 Jun 2017

New UNHCR report shows displaced people on the rise in 2016 – again

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On the 19th of June the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) released its annual report on “Global Trends on forced displacement” for 2016. The report collects the yearly data on the different categories of people affected by forced displacement: refugees, returned refugees, asylum seekers, Internal Displaced People (IDPs), returned IDPs, stateless people and other persons of concern to UNHCR.

UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea holds interactive dialogue in Human Rights Council
15 Jun 2017

UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea holds interactive dialogue in Human Rights Council

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Geneva – at the 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea held an interactive dialogue on the most recent report about the human rights situation in Eritrea. The Special Rapporteur, Sheila Keetharuth, confirmed that human rights abuses constituting crimes against humanity continue to be committed and that the Eritrean regime shows no signs of cooperation or improvement. Eritrea will still not allow access or cooperate in any way with the Special Rapporteur.