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15 Feb 2018

News Highlights: Ethiopia’s PM resigns, arrests Sudan continue, Hungary moves against NGOs

by Ioanna Karagianni | posted in: Asylum Seekers, Benjamin Netanyahu, EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European Commission, European Union, Horn of Africa region, IOM, Israel, Libya, Médecins Sans Frontières, Refugees in the EU, Sudan | 0

In this week’s news highlights: Ethiopian PM resigns; arrests of opposition leaders in Sudan continue; fatal accident in Libyakills at least 19 smuggled Eritreans, Somalis and Ethiopians; background to Israel’s plans todeport thousands of Eritreans and Sudanese;Rwanda continues to deny any agreement with Israel for the deportation of asylum seekers; Hungary submits measuresagainst NGOs assisting migrants to the parliament; UK to create and circulate anti-immigration campaign; politics is the barrier of solving migration issue, not migration itself, IOM chief says; European Commission’s resettlement measures waiting for response from member states.

25 Jan 2018

News Highlights:Israeli pilots refuse to deport refugees, Libyan torture videos sent to family, missing migrant children in EU

by Ioanna Karagianni | posted in: Africa, EEPA news and activities, Eritrea, European Union, Horn of Africa region, Human Trafficking, Libya, Migration, Refugees in the EU, South Sudan, Sudan, Switzerland, United Nations, Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights:Israeli pilots are refusing to deport Sudanese and Eritrea refugees; Eritrean president demands compensation fees, claiming Israel wants to deport Eritreans to Eritrea;; political relations around Eritrea are changing; South Sudan dangerous for aid workers; New … Continued

1 Jun 2017

News Highlights: slowing family reunification, SAR operations, concern for Eritrean Christians

by Maria Gargano | posted in: Weekly news highlights | 0

In this week’s news highlights, EU puts pressure on Greece to reduce the number of asylum seekers identified as “vulnerable”, while Germany and Greece agreed to slow family reunification. The concern for the number of Christians arrested in Eritrea is rising; Ethiopia arrested a former opposition spokesperson; 13 South Sudan soldiers are on trial for the rape and murder of foreign aid workers.