News Highlights: Sudan bans protests, Leaked documents on EU Operation Sophia, video shows abuse in Libya
28 Feb 2019

News Highlights: Sudan bans protests, Leaked documents on EU Operation Sophia, video shows abuse in Libya

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In this week’s news highlights: Politico publishes leaked documents on EU operation Sophia; Germany confirms communication problems with Libya coast guard; EU-Arab League Summit discusses migration; African Union objects to ‘disembarkation platforms’; Video shows torture for ransom in Libya; Refugees threatened after abuse in Libya detention centre; State of emergency and protest ban in Sudan; Emergency state Sudan used to legitimise excessive force; Eritrea ranks high on slavery list; and militant guarding of Eritrea’s capital Asmara reported.

Press Release: Addressing criminalisation of refugees and impunity of human trafficking
28 Jun 2018

Press Release: Addressing criminalisation of refugees and impunity of human trafficking

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As EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss migration, experts denounced current EU migration policy as ineffective in tackling human trafficking and undermining migrant and refugee rights. A public hearing took place in the European Parliament today on the impact of EU external action in the Horn of Africa and addressing the criminalisation of refugees and impunity of human trafficking.

News Highlights: Eritrean involvement in trafficking, documentary on EU border management, UN chief and the EU’s “shameful” refugee policy
14 Jun 2018

News Highlights: Eritrean involvement in trafficking, documentary on EU border management, UN chief and the EU’s “shameful” refugee policy

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In this week’s news highlights: The Eritrean-Ethiopian relations today; Eritrean traffickers traffic their own people; Report on Eritrea’s mining sector; Refugees are questioned after UNHCR corruption was exposed; South Sudan government accuses rebels of blocking aid; Amnesty International calls for disbanding Ethiopian police unit; EU’s follow up on UN Libya sanctions; EU Funding for migration and border management to be tripled; Documentary shows consequences of EU border management; UN says at least 2.500.000 migrants smuggled in 2016; UN Chief ashamed of EU’s refugee policy; Joint Statement on Combating Human Trafficking; MEP Verhofstadt threatens the EU; and Italian vessel with 937 migrants docks in Sicily.