Sole survivor of an arduous dinghy trip rescued by Maltese army
The following is an account given by Mohammed, the only survivor of a sea journey in which 14 people died of the hardships suffering during 11 days at sea.
Eritrea
Report: Eritrea's military conscription adds to migrant crisis
The rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch published a report saying that thousands of young people are forced into indefinite national service despite a peace deal with Ethiopia. This practice of conscription apparently drives many into exile and migration.
Murder of young boy in Frankfurt prompts debate on immigrant crime statistics
The latest events in Germany have once more put a spotlight on crime among refugees and migrants in Germany. However, official statistics tell a different story than the media.
First funerals in Libya after massive boat tragedy
Libyan authorities on Sunday have buried the bodies of 46 migrants who had drowned at sea in one of deadliest incidents in the Mediterranean so far this year. Authorities said the bodies of the remaining 16 would be buried later.
Italy frees Eritrean national mistaken for human trafficker
An Eritrean carpenter residing in Sudan was arrested in 2016 as part of a joint British-Italian operation. Three years later, a court in Sicily said he isn't the human trafficking kingpin they wanted.
‘Repression without borders:’ Amnesty International calls Eritrean government to account
The Eritrean government ended its long period of isolation in 2018 when it signed peace accords with Ethiopia and was nominated to join the UN’s Human Rights Council. The government, however, continues to harass and intimidate its critics, even in Europe, Amnesty International reports. In a new briefing, the organization sheds light on how the abuses cause Eritrean migration on the one hand, but are sometimes facilitated by it too.
Nearly 20,000 unaccompanied minors requested asylum in EU in 2018
UNICEF said that of the over 683,000 asylum requests made in 2018 in EU countries, some 19,700 had been filed by unaccompanied minors. The UN organization called on Italy to pass laws that will help protect young asylum seekers.
Eritrean man wins Israeli lottery
In Israel, an Eritrean man has won a million Shekels in the lottery.
Tears of sadness and joy: The difficult task of reuniting parents and children on Europe’s migration routes
More and more unaccompanied and separated children are trying to join their parents in Europe. But the laws and the criteria for family reunification are getting tougher in many countries, the International Social Services Switzerland (ISS) says.
UNHCR: 4 million children not attending school, number rising
A total of four million refugee children around the world go without schooling, with numbers rising, according to a report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). It said girls are the most discriminated against.
Eritrea: 'I just sometimes wonder who is left inside the country.'
Hundreds of people continue to pour out of Eritrea every day into neighboring Ethiopia. The reopening of the border in September and the peace deal ending two decades of war have raised hopes in some quarters of an improved human rights situation in Eritrea. But the head of the world's largest Muslim charity, Naser Haghamed, who fled the country as a young teenager, worries that it will be crippled by the ongoing exodus.
'I feel like I'm in a giant prison'
Abdelfeteh feels trapped, though he is not actually in prison. He has the right to stay in Italy, he has a job and he speaks good Italian. But due to the Dublin agreement, he feels like he is tied to where he first arrived. Increasing police checks in Italy remind him of his home country, Eritrea. He feels stuck between a rock and a hard place.