News Highlights: Last warnings on relocation, UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea, new report on Libya
8 Jun 2017

News Highlights: Last warnings on relocation, UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea, new report on Libya

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In this week’s news highlights, the European Commission gives last warnings to the Visegrad countries on relocation quotas, the number of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea continues to drop and Italy announces funding for food security in Eritrea; Civil society organisations ask for the renewal of the mandate UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea; a new Eritrean community starts in Switzerland and a new report was published on ill-treatment of migrants in Libya.

News Highlights: slowing family reunification, SAR operations, concern for Eritrean Christians
1 Jun 2017

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

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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.

News Highlights: EU-AU partnership, attack on Afar people in Eritrea, Yemen situation deteriorating
18 May 2017

News Highlights: EU-AU partnership, attack on Afar people in Eritrea, Yemen situation deteriorating

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In this week’s news highlights, the European Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee discusses partnership with the African Union; Italy and Germany demand a border patrol mission at the Niger-Libya border; the Eritrean Information Office continues to collect diaspora tax in Norway; 10 Christians were reported arrested in Eritrea; and a fishing boat was reportedly attacked by a United Arab Emirates (UAE) helicopter. Furthermore, although UNHCR succeeded in bringing emergency aid to Yemen’s Taizz governorate, the agency warns about worsening conditions.