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Sudan:
UN Agency Seeks Solution for Long-Term Refugees in Eastern Region
UN News, 13 January 2012
The head of the United Nations refugee agency has praised efforts to find a lasting solution for tens of thousands of long-term refugees in eastern Sudan, most of them Eritreans,… Read more »
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Eritrea:
Gov't Pledges Not to Harm Citizens Who Fled Conscription If They Return
Sudan Tribune, 9 January 2012
Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki has said that he will guarantee the safety of tens of thousands of young people who fled the country to avoid forced conscription in the… Read more »
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Eritrea:
'Silent Crisis' As Young Men Flee to Ethiopia
UNIRIN, 5 August 2011
More and more Eritrean refugees, mostly educated young men, continue to arrive in Ethiopia, with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, expressing concern over the rising numbers. Read more »
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Eritrea:
World Fails Refugees
AfricaFocus, 12 May 2011
"If refugee flows are a sign of political meltdown, then Eritrea is a level seven nuclear disaster. Figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees indicate that… Read more »
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Eritrea:
With Refuge Like This
IPS, 17 June 2010
Habtom, a 30-year-old Eritrean, has all the grim qualifications needed to be a refugee. He was arrested for protesting a dictatorship, tortured in custody, and fears his life would… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Eritreans Join Ethiopia's Universities Decade After Bloody Border War
Sudan Tribune, 15 October 2010
Hundreds of Eritrean refugees who have for years been camped at various refugee camps in Northern Ethiopia, for the first time have began joining Ethiopian government owned… Read more »
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Eritrea:
Repression Creating Human Rights Crisis
HRW, 17 April 2009
Eritrea's extensive detention and torture of its citizens and its policy of prolonged military conscription are creating a human rights crisis and prompting increasing numbers of… Read more »
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Eritrea:
Human Rights Violations Described as Rampant
CISA, 11 December 2007
The people of Africa's youngest nation, 14-year-old Eritrea in the northeast, live as if locked up in a vast prison manned by a rogue communist regime. Read more »