Germany now awaits 800,000 migrants in 2015, 4x last year By DAVID RISING45 minutes ago

. BERLIN (AP) — Germany could see as many as 800,000 migrants arriving in 2015, the country’s interior minister said Wednesday, four times the number last year and 300,000 more than previously estimated. Thomas de Maiziere told reporters that more than 360,000 have flooded in to Germany to date in 2015, including a new record […]

Calais migrant crisis: UK and France to sign deal 18 August 2015 From the sectionUK

  Thousands of migrants are living in the camp known as the Jungle UK and French ministers will meet in Calais on Thursday to agree a new deal to tackle the migrant crisis there. The proposed deal is expected to include more security around the site where thousands of migrants are living and moves to […]

ሚኒስተር ፍትሒ ስዊዘርላንድ፣ “ሓደ ኤርትራዊ ሓታቲ ዑቕባ’ውን ይኹን ናብ ኤርትራ ኣይንመልስን ኢና” ኢላ Radio Erena: 18 August 2015

ሚኒስተር ፍትሒ ስዊዘርላንድ፣ ሓደ ኤርትራዊ ሓተቲ ዑቕባ’ውን ይኹን ናብ ኤርትራ ከምዘይምለስ ደጊማ ኣረጋጊጻ። ሚኒስተር ፍትሒ ሲሞነታ ሶማሩጋ ነዚ ዘረጋገጸት፣ ኣባል ዓቃባዊ ሰልፊ ዝኾነን ሓላፊ ማሕበራዊ ጉዳያት ዞባ ሉሰርን ስዊዘርላንድ ብዛዕባ ብዝሒ ኤርትራውያን ሓተቲ ዑቕባ ዘለዎ መረረ ንምግላጽ ናብታ ሚኒስተር ወግዓዊ ደብዳቤ ድሕሪ ምልኣኹ’ያ።   እታ ሚኒስተር ነቲ ኣንጻር ስደተኛታት መርገጺ ሒዙ ዘሎ ፖለቲካኛ ኣብ ዝሃበቶ […]

ስምምዕ ደቡብ ሱዳን፣ ብሰንኪ ኣብያ ፕረዚደንት እታ ሃገር ከይተኸተመ ተሪፉ Radio Erena: 18 August 2015

    ፕረዚደንት ደቡብ ሱዳን ሳል ቫኪር ሚያርዲትን ሓድሽ ስምምዕ ሰላም ንምኽታም ነጺግዎ። እቲ ፕረዚደንት፣ ተወሳኺ ናይ ክልተ ሰሙን ግዜ ክወሃቦ ብምጥላብ፣ ነቲ ዝቐረበ ስምምዕ ከምዘይከተመ ኣርረጋጊጹ። ክልቲኦም ወገናት፣ መራሕቲ ኣባላት ሃገራት ኢጋድንን ሓያሎ ዲፕሎማሰኛታትን ኣብ ዝተረኽብሉ ብሰኑይ 17 ነሓሰ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ክኽትምዎ መደብ እኳ እንተነበረ፣ ብሰንኪ ኣብያ እቲ ፕረዚደንት ኣብ ግብሪ ኣይወዓለን።   […]

EU sees record migrant arrivals in July August 18, 2015 1:15PM ET

Some 100,000 migrants reached Europe by ‘irregular’ means, a sharp increase over June figures, says EU border agency VIEW FULL GALLERY Migrants carry their boat to reach the Greek island of Kos from Bodrum, Turkey, August 18, 2015. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images Nearly 110,000 migrants were tracked entering the European Union in […]

Announcement,Concerned Eritreans in North America’s Call for ENCDC to Convene the 2nd Eritrean National Congress August 18, 2015

  We, the undersigned, on behalf of local Eritrean groups and ENCDC supporters in North America, would like to voice our concerns regarding the dire condition that we find the ENCDC today. This condition is instigated by the destructive and divisive actions of some ENCDC leadership and their parties. The political recklessness and cowardly actions […]

How one woman saved 16,000 refugees with her phone By: Iris Mostegel Special to the Star, Published on Mon Aug 17 2015

Stockholm-based Meron Estefanos fields calls on her cellphone from Eritrean refugees in danger of drowning in the Mediterranean. IRIS MOSTEGEL / FOR THE TORONTO STAR Repression and poverty in Meron Estefanos’ homeland of Eritrea produce an endless stream of refugees. She helps them from her home in Stockholm, Sweden. STOCKHOLM—One day in 2010, the woman […]