migrants

About 27,500, mostly Nigerians and Eritreans, arrived Italy in October, the European Union’s border agency, Frontex, said.

The agency said nearly 27,500 migrants arrived in Italy in October, an all-time monthly record fuelled by favourable weather conditions.

It said on Wednesday in Rome that the figure was the highest monthly number ever recorded in the Central Mediterranean and more than twice as many as in the previous month.

The agency said that the arrivals surged because, after “relatively poor weather conditions in September, people smugglers loaded more people than usual on unseaworthy vessels before winter makes crossings impossible’’.

It said that it led to a very high number of deaths, reporting that 127 bodies were recovered on the sea stretch between Italy and North Africa and that it was likely that many more persons drowned.

“Tragedies were continuing in November as the Italian coastguard recovered one body and 580 migrants were rescued in Wednesday sea operations.

“This added to seven bodies recovered and almost 900 saved Monday and Tuesday,’’ it said.

Frontex said that most migrants who landed in Italy in October came from Nigeria and Eritrea.

 

It said that the year’s provisional tally of arrivals was nearly 159,500, up 13 per cent compared to the same period in 2015.

The agency noted that Italy became the main entry point for EU-bound migrants in the first half of 2016, after the so-called Balkan route via Greece was closed by an EU-Turkey repatriation deal and tighter border controls.

“Greece recorded 1,700 landings last month, compared to more than 170,000 in October, 2015.

“Migrants mostly came from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq,’’ it said.

The thousands of Nigerians who seek to enter Europe through Italy via the Mediterranean has been a source of concern to both the Nigerian and European governments.

The Nigerians often travel the rough and risky road route via Niger to arrive in war-torn Libya where they join others to try to cross the Mediterranean.

On Tuesday, the Nigerian anti-trafficking agency, NAPTIP, said it intercepted 50 Nigerians who had embarked on the route.

“There are males and females as well as three minors in the group and they all fall within the ages of three and 45 years,” a NAPTIP official said.

Source=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/author/webmaster

 

Campaigners condemn Home Office guidelines on 12- to 15-year-olds issued after demolition of Calais camp

 
Some young migrants wait to leave the Calais camp
Migrants were transferred from the demolished Calais migrant camp all over France. Photograph: Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images

Unaccompanied teenagers from Afghanistan, Yemen and Eritrea who had reached the Calais refugee camp will be barred from entering the UK according toHome Office guidelines.

In a decision that was condemned by refugee charities and campaigners, the move will limit the intake of teenagers who do not have family in the UK to those from Syria and Sudan except in exceptional circumstances.

The Home Office’s guidance said it would take children 12 or under of all nationalities, those deemed at high risk of sexual exploitation, and those who “are aged 15 or under and are of Sudanese or Syrian nationality” because people from those countries are already granted asylum in the UK in 75% of cases.

Lady Sheehan, the Liberal Democrat peer, said the new rules, details of which emerged on Tuesday night, were “unacceptable”. Sheehan said they would come as a “horrible shock” to refugees from other countries who had been led to believe they might be able to come to Britain. “It is quite arbitrary. We had no idea they were going to apply this sort of criteria,” she said.

Migrants wait to board buses to leave the Calais camp
Migrants wait to board buses to leave the Calais camp. Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images

Sheehan said she feared that teenagers awaiting asylum decisions in reception centres acrossFrancewould now escape and return to Calais to risk their lives jumping on lorries. “People will be just devastated,” she said in relation to some of the refugees she has campaigned for in Calais.

Rabbi Janet Darley, the leader of Citizens UK, accused the government of back-tracking on its promises. “The UK is unforgivably backtracking on its commitment to vulnerable refugee children inEurope. Citizens UK’s safe passage team estimates that around 40% of the children who were in Calais at the time of the demolition are Eritrean or Afghan,” said Darley.

“By ruling out children from these countries, the home secretary is arbitrarily preventing many vulnerable children from being helped by the Dubs amendment, and will make it impossible for her to keep her promise that the UK would take half of the unaccompanied children inCalais.”

Thenew guidelines were issued to Home Office staffon 8 November and have been seen by the Guardian after they were shared on Tuesday with charities which have worked in the Calais migrant camp. They follow claims by some tabloid newspapers that some of the youngsters coming to the UK were over 18.

 
 

The Calais camp was demolished two weeks ago, with an estimated 2,000 children and young adults of 16, 17 and 18 years old now scattered across France in reception centres while their cases are examined by French and Home Office officials. The UK has so far taken about 330 children from the Calais camp.

Unaccompanied children who have a family member in the UK are currently allowed in as part of a “fast transfer” family reunification programme, mandated by EU lawe.

The remainder have no family in the UK, but qualify for entry under an amendment to immigration laws pushed through parliament by Lord Dubs earlier this year.

Citizens UK also said that the Home Office process of transferring children to the UK has virtually ground to a halt. A group of girls aged between 15 and 17 arrived in Scotland under the Dubs amendment at the weekend, but the charity has not been made aware of any others in the past week.

Of the unaccompanied minors who have been brought to the UK from France so far this year, about 250 are part of the “fast transfer” family reunification programme.

Thechaotic clearance of the Calais migrant campcaused bitter tensions between the French and British governments, with France’spresident telling the UK it had to do its “moral duty”and take 1,000 children from the camp.

The Home Office said that “all children who have close family in the UK will be considered for transfer” and those that do not have family ties would be assessed according to the new guidance.

Source=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/15/migrant-teenagers-without-family-in-uk-barred-except-syrians-and-sudanese

Jeremy Binnie, London- IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

14 November 2016
 
The UAE has deployed Mirage 2000-9 jets to Assab in Eritrea. Source: IHS/Patrick Allen

The United Arab Emirates has deployed a combat air group to Eritrea's Assab airport to support its military operation in southern Yemen, Airbus Defence and Space satellite imagery shows.

There were nine Dassault Mirage 2000 multirole jet fighters at the airport on 20 October, as well as two Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, two Bell 407 helicopters, one Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, and two Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop airliners. This combination of aircraft is only in service with the UAE air force, which has about 40 Mirage 2000-9EAD jets and operates the Northstar Aviation 407MHR armed version of the Bell helicopter.

The construction of 12 hangars at the airbase indicates that the UAE has deployed or intends to deploy more than nine Mirage 2000-9 jets.

The hangars and fighters were not present at the base on 8 May.

Satellite imagery also shows UAE Navy vessels have been using Assab's commercial port since at least September 2015. The 20 October image shows one of the UAE Navy's six Baynunah-class corvettes docked on that day as well as two 64 m landing ships.

The high-speed catamaranSwiftwas also present, proving it was not sunk as claimed by Yemen's rebels when it was hit by an anti-ship missile near the Bab al-Mandab strait on 1 October. Previously operated as a high-speed logistics ship by the US Navy, the UAE saysSwiftis a civilian vessel that was carrying out a humanitarian mission when it was attacked.

Vessels from the UAE National Marine Dredging Company are also building a new port facility next to the airport that is likely to be used as a dedicated naval base once completed. The 20 October image shows the dock's retaining wall under construction.

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Source=http://www.janes.com/article/65455/uae-deploys-fast-jets-to-eritrea

ኤርትራውያን ነጋዶ ኣብ ሱዳን ክድረቱ ይግደዱ ኣለዉ:

ኣብ ሱዳን እንዳነበሩ ናብ ኤርትራ እንዳተመላለሱ ንግዳዊ ስረሓት ከካይዱ ዝጸንሑ ኤርትራውያን፡ ንኤርትራ ገዲፎም ኣብ ሱዳን ክድረቱ ይግደዱ ከም ዘለዉ ካብ እሙን ምንጭታት ሰልፊ ዝተረኽበ ሓበሬታ ገሊጹ። እዞም ኤርትራውያን ነዚ ውሳነ ዝወሰኑ፡ ዋላ’ኳ እቲ በብኹርናዑ ዝኹነን ዘሎ 2% ይኸፍሉ እንተነበሩ መንግስቲ ህግደፍ ነቲ ናብ ሱዳን ምምልላሶም “ካብ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት መህደሚ ኢኹም ትጥቀምሉ ዘለኹም” ብዝብል ስስዐ ናብ ሱዳን ከይከዱ ስለ ዘጠቀቐቖም እዮም።

እዞም ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝነበረ ንግዳዊ ንብረቶም ክሸጡን ከመሓድሩን እቲ ስርዓት ዕድል ከም ዘይህቦም ስለ ዝተረድኡ ድማ ራሕሪሐምዎ ይኸዱ ከም ዘለዉ እቲ ሓባሬታ ብተወሳኺ ገሊጹ። እዚ ስጉምቲ ሓደ መርኣያ ናይቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኩሉ ምንቅስቓሳት እንተላይ ንግዲ ናይ ምግባት ዝጸንሐ ባህሪኡ ዘርኢ እዩ

ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰህኤ

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ህግደፍ ሎሚ’ውን እቶት ሓረስቶት ክግብት’ዩ

ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ዓዲ ናይ ሎሚ ዘበን እቶት ሓረስቶት ዝግምግማ ብእሙናቱ ዝቖማ ሽማግለታት የቕውም ከም ዘሎ ምንጭታት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ኤርትራ ሓቢሮም። በቲ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ኣውጺእዎ ዘሎ ዓመጸኛ ሕጊ መሰረት፡ህዝቢ እዘን ሽማግለታት እዚኣተን ከይገምገማሉ ምህርቱ ክሓፍስ፡ክሸይጥን ክልውጥን ኣይክእልን እዩ።

ኣብቲ መምርሒ ቀንዲ ቆላሕታ ተዋሂብዎ ዘሎ ሕጊ፡ ሓደ ሓረስታይ ካብ እቶቱ ንዓኡ ዝጥቀመሉ 10 ኩንታል ጥራይ ኣትሪፉ፡ ነቲ ዝተረፈ መንግስቲ ብዘውጸኦ ናይ ዋጋ ተመን 600 ናቕፋ ንኹንታል ናብ መንግስቲ ጥራይ ክሸይጥ ዘገድድ እዩ።

መንግስቲ ህግደፍ ከምዚ ዓይነት ዓመጽ ዘካይድ ዘሎ ሎሚ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ቅድሚ ሕጂ እውን “ጥሙር ሕርሻ” ብዝብል መምርሒ ለቖታኡ ሒዙ ፈቐዶ ዓውዲ ይጉለት ከም ዝነበረ ዝዝከር እዩ።

ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ቅድሚ ክልተ ሰሙን ብደረጃ ቦጠለንታት ናብ ሰራዊት ኢትዮጵያ ኢዱ ከም ዝሃበ፡ ነዚ ጉዳይዚ ዝተኸታተሉ ኣካላት ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓቢሮም። በቲ ሓበሬታ መሰረት እቲ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ኢዱ ዝሃበ ሰራዊ ገሊኡ ብወገን ጋሽ ክኸውን እንከሎ እቲ ዝተረፈ ድማ ብወገን ዓሰብ እዩ።

ኣባላት ሰራዊ ኤርትራ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ክኣትዉ ልሙድ’ኳ እንተኾነ እዚ ብደረጃ ቦጠለንታት ኢዶም ዝሃብሉ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት፡ መንግስቲ ህግደፍ “መነባብሮ ሰራዊ ምምሕያሽ” ብዝብል ሸፈጥ ዘተኣታተዎ ናይ ደሞዝ መተዓሻሸዊ ምዃኑ ስለ ዝተረድኡ እዮም። እቲ ሰራዊት ናይቲ ወሰኽ ደሞዝ ትርጉም ኣልቦነት ዝተረደአ፡ ካብቲ 1800 ናቕፋ ደሞዝ ሓደ ኣባል ሰራዊት፡ 150 ንጡረታ፡ 150 ንመስርሒ ገዛ፡ 150 ንደቂ ስዉኣት፡ 150 ንልምዓት ሃገር፡ ዝብሉን ካልእ ጉልባባትን ተጠቒሙ ናብ ካዝንኡ ምስ መለሰ ካብቲ ዝተረፈ፡ ብኢደ-ወነኑ 600 ናቕፋ ንቤተሰብ ወሲዱ ኣብ ኢድ ሓደ ኣባል ሰራዊት 300 ናቕፋ ጥራይ ክወሃብ ምስ ወሰነ እዮም። እቶም ነዚ ኣገባብ ዘይተቐበልዎ ኣባላት ሰራዊት ነቲ ኩነታት “ዝተሰርሐ ገዛውቲ ከፍርስ ዝውዕል መንግስቲ ገዛ ሰሪሑ ክህበና ዘይእመን እዩ” ብዝብል ከም ዝገለጽዎ’ውን እቲ ዝበጸሓና ሓበሬታ የረጋግጽ።

ብዘይካዚ እዚ ንረብሓኦም ስለ ዘይኮነ ኣባላት ሰራዊ ዘይተቐበልዎ ስርዓተ-ደሞዝ ዝወሃብ ነቶም ኣብዘን ዝሓለፋ 3 ዓመታት ብዘይምቁራጽ ኣብቲ ሰራዊ ዝጸንሑ ጥራይ ዝምልከት እዩ። በዚ መምዘኒ መሰረት ብህድማን ብዝተፈላለየ ካልእ ምኽንያትን ወጺኦም ጸኒሑም ናብቲ ሰራዊ ተመሊሶም ንዘለዉ ስለ ዘይምልከት፡ እዞም እዚ መሰል ዝተነፍጎም ብብዝሒ ብቐጻሊ ካብቲ መንግስቲ ክሃድሙ  ግምት ኣሎ።

ሓደ ካብ ነባራትን የማናይ ኢድ ህግደፍን ምዃኑ ዝንገረሉ ሜጀር ጀነራል ሃይለ ሳሙኤል (ቺና) ነዚ ኣገባብ ኣወሳስና ደሞዝ ስለ ዘይተቐበሎ ኣብ ናይ ገዛ ማሕዩር ከም ዝርከብ እውን ምንጭታትና ገሊጾም::

ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ

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ናይ ብዙሕ እነፍቅራ ኣዴና ወ/ሮ ተበርህእንታይነታን ልቦናኣን ሓልዮት ሰብን ሕያውነትን፡ ብጽሑፍ ጥራሕ ክትገልጾ ዘይትኽእል ኣዝዩ ልዑል እዩ። ይኹን እምበር ጽማቕ ሓጺር ታሪኽ ብኸምዚ ዝስዕብ እንሆ። ወ/ሮ ተበርህ ካብ ኣቡኣ ባሻይ ገብረዝጊኣብሄር ተስፋሚካኤልን ካብ ኣዲኣ ወ/ሮ ተበርህ ሃይማኖት ንጉስን ሰነ 26, 1932 ኣብ ዓዲ ጸባርያ መራጉዝ ሰራዬ ኤርትራ ተወልደት። ዕድሚኣ ዓቕሚእዳም ምስ በጽሔት ናይ ቃል ኪዳን ስነስርዓት ምስ በረምበራስ ተስፍስላሴ ገብሩ ወልዱ ምስፈጸመት፡ ክልቲኦም ሰብ ቃል-ኪዳን 9 ቆልዑ ወለዱ።ንሳቶም ድማ ነፍስሄር ኣለም ተስፋስላሴ፡ ነስፍሰሄር ፍስሃየ ተስፋስላሴ ሄዋን ተስፋስላሴ፡ ሮማ ተስፋስላሴ፡ ማጆር ተስፋስላሴ፡ ኣስመረት ተኣስፋስላሴ፡ ሚካኤል ተስፋስላሴ፡ ኣልማዝ ተስፋስላሴ፡ ዮዲት ተስፋስላሴ እዮም። ወ/ሮ ተበርህ ብኹሉ ፍትውት ህርኩትን፡ ብሕያውነታ ፍሉጥ ለጋስን ምስ ዓበይትን ናእሽቱን ክተጻወትን ከተዕልልን ዝኽእል ፍሕሽውን ብቐሊል ክትካእ ዘይክእል ወላዲት እያ። ወ/ሮ ተበርህ ኣላይን መፍቀርሪትን ስድራቤታን ዝኾነት ፍትውቲ ኣዴና ተበርህ ኩሎም ደቃን ደቂደቃን ኣብ ሓደ ተጠርኒፎም ክትርኢ ትምኒታ እዩ ነይሩ። ዋላ እኳ ባህርያዊ ናይ ተፈጥሮ ሕጊ ግዴታ ኮይኑ ሎሚ ብስጋዊ ሞት እንተተፈለየትና፡ ኣዴና ተበርህ ወትሩ ካብ መንፈሳዊ ዝኽሪታትና ኣይትፍለን እያ። ኩሎም ኤተሰባን ዝፍልጥዋ ኤርትራውያን ማሕበረ-ሰብ ክዝክርዋ ክነብሩ እዮም። ኣዴና ወ/ሮ ተበርህ ሎሚ ንተፍቅሮም የሕዋታን ደቃን ደቂደቃን ክምእውን ኣንስቲ ደቃን ሰብኡት ደቃን ገዲፋ እያ ብሞት ተፈልያትና። ሞት ናብ ኩሉ ብተራ ዝበጽሕ ዕጫ ወዲ ሰብ ኢዩሞ ንኣዴና ወ/ሮ ተበርህ መንገስተ ሰማያት የዋርስኪ ድሓን ኩኒ ኢልና ንመወዳእታ ጌዜ ብምፍናው፡ ንኽብራት ደቃን ደቂደኣን ብምሉኦም ቤተሰባን ኣምላኽ ፍጹም ጽንዓት ይሃብኩም።  

ኣዴና ወ/ሮ ተበርህ ድሓን ኩኒ፡ መንግሰተ ሰማያት የዋርስኪ።