The fate of around 260 rejected Eritrean asylum seekers has become a hot topic in Switzerland. Many Swiss politicians want to see the migrants deported to Eritrea, but the East African nation refuses to take them back.
Luna Solomon was 21 when she and some neighbors fled Eritrea in 2014 without a passport. Ten years later, she is part of the UNHCR’s Refugee Olympics team in Paris.
New research has found that 118 unaccompanied children housed in Home Office-run hotels remain unaccounted for. Experts said the findings highlight the compounded precarity faced by unaccompanied children seeking asylum.
People in African countries primarily migrate within the continent rather than trying to leave it, new analysis shows. A report by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the African Union seeks to counter misconceptions and find better solutions to help people migrate safely.
InfoMigrants spoke with Eritrean migrants aboard Emergency's Life Support search-and-rescue vessel in March 2024. Two of their stories highlight the grim reality of life for sub-Saharan migrants in Libya, where both lived for over three years before managing to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.
Last year was the deadliest stretch for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea since 2017. In March, DW accompanied a migrant rescue mission and found out what makes the crossings so dangerous.
Tesfalidet Tesfom, known as Segen, an Eritrean migrant who died shortly after reaching Sicily in 2018, left behind poems discovered in his wallet. His verses speak of the hardships faced by migrants and their plea for solidarity, and they are now being recognized for their significance in Italian literature and society, shedding light on the human cost of migration.
The 34-year-old Abraham Tesfai has spoken to ANSA about an odyssey that saw him flee Eritrea to reach Lampedusa after crossing Sudan, Libya and the Mediterranean. Today, he lives in Bologna, central Italy, where he has become an activist.
The crew of private rescue ship Life Support saved dozens of people after their flimsy vessels started taking on water due to three meters high waves. The humanitarian ship now has a 46-hour journey to reach its assigned port in Brindisi, Italy to disembark the 118 individuals.
The body of an Eritrean woman was found on a beach near the French port city of Calais on Tuesday. It is not known how she died, but she is thought to have been trying to cross the Channel to the UK.
The repressive regime of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has forced many Eritreans to seek refuge abroad. Is Afwerki inciting conflicts between Eritrean migrants and their host nations?
German police say 26 officers were among those injured after violence on the sidelines of an Eritrean event in Stuttgart. Tensions run deep within the diaspora over the eastern African nation's polarized politics.