Strategic Thinking on East Africa

From the Irish Times Syria, Iraq and Eritrea: why people are fleeing Refugees are leaving behind conflict, slave labour, concentration camps and torture A migrant child from Iraq after crossing the border from Hungary to Austria, in Nickelsdorf. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/ReutersFri, Sep 11, 2015, 01:00 First published:Fri, Sep 11, 2015, 01:00 Under the European Commission plan announced […]

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From The Guardian Danish researchers have condemned conclusions published by Denmark’s immigration service that conditions in east African country are safe for deportees The researchers behind a report on Eritrea which the Home Office cited heavily when claiming it was now safe to send Eritrean asylum seekers back to the east African country have publicly […]

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From the Institute for Security Studies Peace & Security Council Report In this issue On the Agenda Kenya has briefed the PSC on its plans to either close or relocate Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp. Kenya argues that Dadaab is a hotbed of al-Shabaab activity. Situation Analysis The PSC recently returned from a field mission […]

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. Hitsats (Ethiopia) (AFP) - Eritrea is a day’s trek through dusty hills from the refugee camp in Ethiopia, a way station for tens of thousands of Eritreans who have fled their oppressive homeland. But while life is tough in the town-like camp of thousands — living in baking heat in simple canvas tents or […]

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Addis Ababa, 31 August 2015 (WIC)- Eritrean refugees lauded Ethiopia for hosting and supporting them despite diplomatic disagreements between the two countries. Eritrean refugees, while celebrating 54th year of their armed struggle here yesterday, said that they are coming to Ethiopia as a result of the maladministration and persecution they are facing back home. One of […]

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From The Guardian As thousands flee every month and reports of repression abound, two men’s diverging paths paint a more complex picture of life in Eritrea A villa in Eritrea’s capital, Asmara. This year, Eritreans have made up the third largest group of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Photograph: Stefan Boness Monica […]

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From al Jazeera Eritrea does not have a war or famine, but hundreds cross the border into Ethiopia every day. Eritrea does not have a war or famine, but it accounts for the second largest number of asylum seekers arriving in Europe after Syria. Many Eritreans also make the dangerous trek across their border to […]

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Germans are being asked to develop a “welcoming culture” toward refugees. To set an example, one parliamentarian has taken two Eritreans into his house - and he wants to visit Eritrea to find out why they fled. Martin Patzelt is a backbench parliamentarian with Germany’s center-right governing party, the Christian Democratic Union. He’s a social worker […]

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By Paula Dupraz-Dobias AUG 6, 2015 - 15:05 Sommaruga: “Not a single European country sends people back there” (Keystone) Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has defended the government’s policy for processing asylum requests from Eritrean refugees, following a critical letter she received from the Lucerne cantonal government. Sommaruga said on Thursday it was “unthinkable” that Switzerland would […]

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23 JUL 2015 00:00 AZAD ESSA About 2 500 Burundians are fleeing into Tanzania every week, overwhelming aid agencies who say refugee facilities had now reached “breaking point”. Doctors without Borders (MSF) told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the Nyarugusu refugee camp near the Tanzanian town of Kasulu, close to the border with Burundi, was simply […]

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