EU Ministers Again Fail to Meet Migrant Relocation Targets  July 20, 2015 6:15 PM

    European Union interior ministers failed on Monday to find temporary homes on the continent for some 40,000 African, Asian and Middle Eastern asylum-seekers encamped in Greece and Italy after perilous journeys across the Mediterranean. Meeting Monday in Brussels, the ministers were seeking to complete a relocation plan by an August 1 target date […]

Migrants’ Journeys Stall in Italy, Near the French Border By AURELIEN BREEDENJULY 20, 2015

After being refused entry into France last month, African migrants spent the night near the sea at the French-Italian border close to Ventimiglia, Italy. CreditJean-Christophe Magnenet/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images VENTIMIGLIA, Italy — The train that rumbles along the steep French-Italian coast, shuttling tourists from one picturesque town to another, did not take Abdulhakim Kabeto […]

Israel shirking its responsibility toward African refugees, deporting them into darkness

Apparently state authorities believe that the only solution regarding African asylum seekers is jailing them or deporting them to other African countries – anything so that we fulfill our duties to them and don’t suffer their presence here. By Sarah R. F. Sholklapper | Apr. 7, 2015 | 3:40 PM | 3 Underlying the Israeli […]

Why Libya’s coastguard struggles with migrant tide Source: Reuters – Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:56 GMT

Migrants who attempted to sail to Europe sit on the shore after their boat was intercepted at sea by the Libyan coast guard in Khoms, Libya May 6, 2015. REUTERS/Aymen Elsahli   TRIPOLI, July 20 (Reuters) – A few weeks ago, a sailor in Libya’s coastguard scooped up Luchiya Mhreteab and her two small children […]

IOM: Ethiopians Kidnapped for Ransom in Yemen July 21, 2015 1:01 PM

    The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports an extortion racket is flourishing in war-torn Yemen. The IOM says traffickers, armed groups and others are kidnapping vulnerable Ethiopian migrants on their way to Saudi Arabia and holding them for ransom. The IOM has helped nearly 3,500 Ethiopian migrants stranded by the conflict in Yemen  […]

We will never forget our Hero ELF fighter Welde Dawit Temesgen ወልደዳዊት ተመስገን

29 years ago, this day, the EPLF death squads killed Wolde Dawit Temesgen in Kassala. I met him few days prior to his assassination when he visited my family. together with his wife and children. May his soul rest in peace. It is to be recalled that Semere Russom, the current Minister of Education (then […]