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A witness told AFP that 26 or 27 refugees were taken by the EDF to an unknown location. [5] On 2 February, Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), stated after a visit to Ethiopia that Eritrean refugees had been "caught in crossfire, abducted and forced to return to Eritrea under duress by Eritrean forces ...
Many were Eritrean Muslims, while Eritrean Christians, whose number increased in the 1980s, tried to claim asylum in Europe and North America. [12] [13] [14] Between approximately 20,000 and 30,000 Eritrean Muslims left the country during the British Military Administration from 1941 to 1952 and the Ethiopian-Eritrean federation from 1952 to 1962.
Escaping Eritrea is a 2021 English documentary episode produced and directed by Evan Williams. [1] The co-producers are Daffodil Altan, Priyanka Boghani, Daniel Edge, Max Green, Erika Howard, Michelle Mizner and Evan Williams. The real footage was taken by Michael, who was also a refugee from Eritrea who moved to Europe.
Here, we follow the story of a young Eritrean woman who crossed mountains, oceans and deserts to escape the small, secretive East African nation. This series is based on research by the Overseas Development Institute, Journeys to Europe , was produced by PositiveNegatives , and was animated by The Huffington Post.
Eritrean residents in Ethiopia's capital have reported widespread arrests among their community, sparking fear among refugees and asylum seekers who fled their homes in search of a better life ...
The refugees have settled in a number of poor neighborhoods in the city of Tel Aviv, Israel's economic capital. [1] The clashes erupted during an event organized by the Eritrean embassy to mark Revolution Day on September 1, which commemorates the start of Eritrea's war of independence against Ethiopia in 1961. [5]
Most of the refugees were also reported to have moved into Kassala and Gadaref states. The UNHCR also confirmed 5 border crossings and hundreds of refugee camps near the border. [33] [34] On 29 March 2020, the UN confirmed over 114,000 Eritrean refugees had either crossed the border or had gotten displaced within the nation or Ethiopia. [35]
The Hitsats massacre was a massacre at Hitsats refugee camp on or around 19 November 2020 during the Tigray War. [1] The civilians killed were 300 Eritrean refugees, according to Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA), [2] and five humanitarian workers, according to The New York Times, [1] Associated Press, [3] and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.