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An Eritrean migrant’s success story in Switzerland
Eritrean Apprentice Niguse: Photo NLZ. Despite a dangerous journey, war scenes and a language barrier, a young Eritrean manages to work for four years as an apprentice becoming top of his class....
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Six hundred migrants from Syria Palestine and Eritrea rescued by Italian Navy
Italian Navy The Italian navy said on Tuesday it had rescued nearly 600 Syrian, Palestinian and Eritrean migrants crossing the Mediterranean in two overcrowded boats, including 62 minors. The Italian...
View ArticleItalian Navy rescued 6000 people in four days, UNHCR says
April 11, 2014 (Geneva) – UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming said at a press briefing on Friday that the UNHCR estimates some 6,000 people have been rescued by the Italian Navy from over forty...
View ArticleNearly two hundred migrants feared lost at sea off Libya
A Libyan coastguard official said on Friday a boat carrying 170 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa was feared lost at sea off the capital Tripoli. “We are looking for 170 African passengers on a...
View ArticleAppeal to find 15-year-old boy from Eritrea
France is struggling with an influx of African migrants arriving by train from Italy. According to French media reports, police is arresting up to 100 migrants per day and deporting them back to...
View ArticleNumber of Eritreans seeking asylum in Europe soars over figures for last year
November 15, 2014 (Geneva) – The UN refugee agency on Friday said the number of asylum-seekers in Europe from Eritrea over the first 10 months of this year has risen threefold compared to the same...
View ArticleHuman traffickers use cargo ships put on autopilot
Human traffickers act more brazen and “barbaric”, amid reports of the use of large cargo ships to smuggle hundreds of migrants to Europe. The ships carrying hundreds of people are abandoned and left...
View ArticleEritrea: Somalian sentenced to 30-years in prison – 2013 Lampedusa tragedy
February 14, 2015 (Sicily) – Almost one-and-a-half years after the Lampedusa tragedy in which 366 people died, mostly Eritreans, a 34-year-old human trafficker from Somalia has been convicted and...
View ArticleMigrants in hunger strike at France-Italy border
Dozens of migrants refused entry into France went on hunger strike on Saturday at the border crossing in Ventimiglia in Italy, where they organised a sit-in and threatened to block traffic. French...
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