Country report on Eritrea claims Eritrean refugees are treated better on return
posted in: Africa, Asylum Seekers, Eritrea, European Politics, Horn of Africa region, Migration, Netherlands, The Netherlands, United Nations |
0
In an episode of Dutch investigative radio programme Argos, the matter of controversial country reports, which are used in asylum decisions, was raised. Anonymous sources, such as those used in reports on Afghanistan and Eritrea, have a large impact on the content of the important reports, determining (possible) return of asylum seekers. In 2017, The Netherlands made a country report on Eritrea, which received criticism for its tone, which was more positive than the 2016 report. Prof. Mirjam van Reisen explains this criticism on the Dutch radio programme Argos on NPO radio 1.