Eritrean activist reflects on Malta’s dark hour in 2002

(Times of Malta, Philip Leone-Ganado, November 13, 2015) Elsa Chyrum had never visited Malta before this week, but still, the country holds deeply unhappy memories. In 2002, the Eritrean human rights activist was one of the protagonists in one of Malta’s darkest moments: when 220 Eritrean refugees were…

Don’t give money to Eritrea, activist tells EU

(news24, Nov 11, 2015) Valletta – Eritrea, the African country that supplies the most asylum seekers to Europe, does not deserve any financial aid from the international community, an exiled human rights campaigner said on Wednesday. “Eritrea has become one of the most paranoid, repressive and…

Eritrea: no legitimate partner for the European Union

[Martin Plaut, 9 Nov, 2015] Europe’s refugee crisis and the Horn of Africa Martin Plaut[1] This paper is a brief summary of the some of the key issues facing EU decision makers as they prepare for Wednesday’s African Union – EU summit on migration in Valletta.

Invitation to Civil Society Event on the Valletta Summit

Date:  11 November 2015 Time: 9.30 – 12.00hrs Venue: Old University, St Paul Street, Valletta   Aditus Foundation, Integra Foundation and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Malta, in collaboration with the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) Europe and the Migration and Development civil society (MADE) network in Africa, invite you to attend the civil society event on the…

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Open Letter to Rt Hon. David Cameron MP

HRCE director, Elizabeth Chyrum, sends an open letter to Rt Hon. David Cameron MP expressing deep concern on the Home Office’s permission of the UKBA to use a completely discredited Danish report as the criteria for determining the outcome of applications filed by Eritrean asylum-seekers who have fled…

Is Eritrea the North Korea of Africa?

(The Christian Science Monitor, By Robert P. George and Thomas J. Reese, Guest bloggers, 18 August, 2015) Should Eritrea’s track record on human rights crimes and religious freedom warrant a referral to the International Criminal Court at The Hague?