Egypt:   Asylum Seekers Blocked At Border - Eritreans Pushed Back to Egypt, Despite Risk of Abuse

HRW, 28 October 2012

The Israeli military has since June 2012 prevented dozens of asylum seekers, most of them Eritreans, from crossing Israel's newly constructed fence on its border with Egypt, Human… Read more »

Egypt:   Political Chaos Fuels Africa's Human Trafficking

DW, 27 August 2013

Egypt's political unrest has brought suffering not only to its own people but also to hundreds of African refugees. Their goal is Israel but many end up as hostages on the Sinai… Read more »

North Africa:   Egyptian and Eritrean Foreign Ministers Discuss Human Trafficking and Refugees

Ethiopia Government, 18 April 2013

Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh held talks with Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr earlier this week. According to an Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the main… Read more »

Egypt:  Refugees Taken Hostage in 'Lawless' Sinai

ThinkAfricaPress, 17 April 2013

Many refugees, mostly from Eritrea, are being kidnapped and held hostage by criminal networks working in the largely lawless Sinai Peninsula. Read more »

Egypt:   Kidnap and Trafficking of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers Must Be Stopped

AI London, 3 April 2013

Egypt and Sudan must make urgent and concerted efforts to stop asylum-seekers and refugees being kidnapped from camps in Sudan, forcibly transported to Egypt, and being severely… Read more »

Sudan:   Stop Deporting Eritreans, Opposition Urges Country and Egypt

Sudan Tribune, 20 January 2012

An exiled Eritrean opposition alliance has called on the governments of Egypt and Sudan to provide legal protection to the tens and thousands of Eritrean refugees. Read more »

Egypt:   Helping Refugee Women to Fend for Themselves

UNIRIN, 12 March 2012

Fatma Soleman's small table at a special International Women's Day bazaar in a suburb of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, was a bustle of activity as visitors admired handmade jewelry,… Read more »