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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 ...
Since 2001, 700,000 people have left the country as a result of political repression under Isais Afwerki. [4] In 2015, approximately 40,000 Eritrean arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean. Eritrea has become a small country with a large number pf refugees in Africa and elsewhere. [5] [6]
One Eritrean refugee, who wished to remain anonymous for safety reasons, said he was arrested after someone heard him speaking Tigrinya - a language used in Eritrea, as well as Ethiopia's Tigray ...
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian camps have been kidnapped and forced to fight. [37] On August 7, 2023, a U.N. report by investigator Mohamed Babiker exposed instances of torture, abuse, and forced labor endured by Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers during indefinite national service. The report shed light on President Isaias Afwerki's ...
A mass grave of civilians in Tigray [15] [16]. The EHRC claimed in November 2020 that the Mai Kadra massacre could constitute a crime against humanity. [3] Human Rights Concern Eritrea claimed in February 2021 that crimes against humanity occurred during the war, in particular in the "appalling treatment of Eritrean refugees in the Shimelba and Hitsats camps" and called for an immediate ...
A U.N. refugee agency official said on Tuesday that some 1 million Syrian refugees are expected to return to the country in the first six months of 2025, asking states to refrain from forcing them ...
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.
In Lebanon, refugees who have stayed put are also facing a nightmare, with temperatures dropping and resources stretched thin due to the needs of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced ...