'20 to 30' people dead in new migrant shipwreck

The latest disaster comes two days after five people died while trying to make the crossing to Italy. Photo: Marinare Militare

 

AFP · 26 May 2016, 13:42

 

Published: 26 May 2016 13:42 GMT+02:00

"We estimate the dead to be between 20 and 30 people," captain Antonello de Renzis Sonnino, spokesman for the EU's Sophia military operation to combat people smugglers in the Mediterranean, told AFP.

"A Luxembourg reconnaissance plane spotted a capsized boat around 35 nautical miles off the Libyan coast with about 100 migrants in the water or clinging to the sinking vessel," he said.
   
The Spanish frigate Reina Sofia and Italian coast guard raced to the scene and threw life-floats and jackets to those in the water.
   
"Unfortunately there were bodies too," de Renzis Sonnino said, adding that the rescue operation was still ongoing.
   
In photographs released by EUNAVFOR MED on Twitter, migrants could be seen waving their arms for help as they balance perilously on the deck of the boat, already underwater but clearly visible in the limpid aquamarine sea.
   
The shipwreck followed sharply on the heels of a disaster Wednesday when a migrant boat overturned leaving five people dead, and another sinking on Tuesday which left a baby girl orphaned after both her parents died.
   
A bout of good weather as summer arrives has kicked off a fresh stream of boats attempting to cross from Libya to Italy.
   
The survivors will be added to the list of nearly 40,000 migrants to arrive in the country's southern ports so far this year.

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ዝኸበርክንንዝኸበርኩምንኣዳለውቲመበል 25 ዓመትናጽነትኤርትራ

ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን ተሳተፍቲ በዓል ብሓፈሻ

ድሕሪ ዕዙዝ ናይ ቃልሲ ሰላምታ፡ እንኳዕ ድማ ናብ መበል 25 ዓመት ናጽነት ኤርትራ ኣብጻሓና እንዳበልኩ፡  ነቶም ነዚ መበል 25 ዓመት በዓል ናጽነት ኤርትራ ዘዳለዉ ኣሕዋት ከመስግን እደሊ።

ሎሚ መበል 25 ዓመት ናጽነት ኤርትራ ከነብዕል እንከለና፣ ነቲ ብቓልስን መስዋእትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እተረጋገጸ ዓወት ኢና ንዝክር ዘለና። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ንልዕሊ ፍርቂ ዘመን ሰላማውን ዕጥቃውን ተጋድሎ  ኣካይዱ መዳርግቲ ዘይብሉ ናይ ህይወትን ንብረትን ጕልበትን መስዋእቲ ብምኽፋል'ዩ ብዕለት 24 ጉንበት 1991 ንሰራዊት ባዕዳዊ ገዛኢ ኢትዮጵያ ምስ ምምሕዳሩን ደገፍቱን ጸራሪጉ፣ መቁሕ ባዕዲ ሰይሩ፡ መሬት ኤርትራ ሓራ ዝገበረ።

ኤርትራ፡ በቲ ብ1993 ዓ.ም ዝተኻየደ ህዝባዊ ሪፈረንደም ላኣላዊትን ናጻን ሃገር ኰይና፣ ኣብ ኣህጕራዊ መድረኽን ሕብረተ-ሰብን ተፈላጥነት ረኺባ፡ ኣባል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኰይና ኢያ።  እዚ ብክልተ መልክዑ ዝተረአጋገጸ ናጽነት’ዚ፤ ኵሉ ኤርትራዊ ክሕበነሉን ክሕልዎን ዝግባእ ክቡር ዋጋ ኢዩ። በዚ ድማ ኤርትራውያን ክሕጐሱን ክሕበኑን ይግባእ። 

ክቡራትን ክቡራንን ኣሓትን ኣሕዋትን፡

መሬትን ህዝብን ኤርትራ ካብ ቍጽጽር ባዕዳዊ መግዛእቲ ደኣ ናጻ ይውጽኡ እምበር፡ ህዝብና ካብ ጭቆናን ምልክን ግን ጌና ሓራ ኣይኰነን። ብኻልእ ኣገላልጻ፡ እቲ ህዝብና ዝተቓለሰሉ ናይ ፍትሒ፡ ሰላም ብልጽግና፡ ዲሞክራስን ግዝኣተ-ሕግን ዕላማታት ጌና ኣይተረጋገጸን። በዚ ድማ፡ ከም ኤርትራውያን ጓሂ ክስምዓና ግድን ኢዩ።

ስለ’ዚ፡ ሎሚ መበል 25 ዓመት ናጽነት ኤርትራ ከነኽብር ከለና እተፈራረቐ ስምዒታት ሓቊፍና ኢና እነብዕሎ ዘለና። ብሓደ ሸነኽ፣ ሓጐስ ይስምዓና፡ ምኽንያቱ ድማ፡ እቲ ዝኸፈልናዮ ዋጋ እንቋዕ ከንቱ ኰይኑ ኣይተረፈ ንብል። ሕማቕ ምደራን ፖለቲካዊ ስልጣንን እምበር፡ ሕማቕ ሃገር እዃ እተዘይየል፡ ከም ኣባሃህላ ግን፡  ትሕመቕ ትጸብቕ ሃገር ኣላትና ክንብል በቒዕና ኢና። ብኻልእ ሸነኽ ድማ፡ ህዝብና እዚ ኩሉ ተቓሊሱስ፤ ኣብ ትሕቲ ሃገራዊ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ህግዲፍ ክወድቕን ዘሕልፎ ዘሎ ኩለንተናዊ ሓሳረ-መከራን ከጕህየናን ከሕምመናን ከሕዝነናን ናይ ግድን ኢዩ።

ይኹን እምበር፡ ብዙሓት ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ እውን ዋላ’ኳ ቅድሜና ካብ ባዕዳዊ መግዛእቲ እንተተላቐቓ፡ ወይ ናጻ ሃገራት እንተዀና፡ ህዝበን ግን ጌና ሓርነቱ ኣይተጐናጸፈን ዘሎ። ህዝበን ብገዛእቲ ደቂ ሃገር እናተጨቈነ ኢዩ ዝነብር ዘሎ። ስለ’ዚ፡ ናይ ኤርትራ ይኹን ናይ’ዘን ካልኦት ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ህዝባዊ ቃልሲ፡ ምእንቲ ፍትሒ፡ ዲሞክራሲ፡ ብልጽግናን ሰላምን ኣንጻር ኣብ ሃሃገረን ዘለዉ ጨቆንቲ ደቀባት ገዛእቲ ስርዓታት ዝካየድ ቃልሲ፡ ብዓይነቱ ካብ’ቲ ዝሓለፈ ኣንጻር ባዕዳውያን ገዛእቲ ዝተኻየዱ ቃልስታት ዝተፈልየ ኰይኑ፡ ምስኡ ዝዛመድ ሓድሽ ኣገባብ ቃልሲ ዝሓትት እዩ።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ’ዘን ዝሓለፋ 25 ናይ ናጽነት ዓመታት ዘሕለፎ ተመኵሮታት ኣዝዩ መሪር ኢዩ።  ብዓሰርተታት ኣሽሓት ዝቝጸሩ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ’ቲ ምስ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራት እተኻየደ ውግኣት ተሰዊኦምን ቆሲሎምን፤ ብዘይ ክስን ብዘይ ፍርድን ኣብ ማእሰርትን ጐዳጕድን ሰፊሮም፤ በማእት ኣሽሓት ዝቝጸሩ ዜጋታት ካብ ሃገሮም ተሰዲዶምን ኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገሮም ተመዛቢሎምን፤  በኣማእት ኣሽሓት ዝቝጸሩ ኣወዳትን ኣዋልድን መንእሰያት ድማ፡ ብስም ናይ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ኣብ ናይ ባርነት ወፍሪ ተጸሚዶም ይርከቡ ኣለዉ።

ኣሓትን ኣሕዋትን፡   

ብ3 ሚያዝያ 2016 ምልካዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ታዕሊም ወዲኦም ናብ ዓሰብ ዝጓዓዙ ዝነበሩ ኣባላት ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ዝፈጸሞ ቅትለት፡ ንኣረሜናዊ መንነቱ ደጊሙ ዘቃልዐ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ቅድሚ ዓለም ዝኣተዎ መቃነዪ መብጽዓታትን ሓሶታትን ዘፍኰሰ ተረኽቦ ኢዩ ነይሩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ነዚ ተረኽቦ’ዚ ብኣውያትን ዳርባ እምንን ተቓውሞታቱ ገሊጹ ኢዩ። እዚ ቍልዒ ናይ ህዝባዊ ተቓውሞ ናብ ዓቢ ባርዕ ከምዝሰጋገር ድማ እምነትና ኢዩ። እምነት ጥራሕ ኮይኑ ከይተርፍ ግን፡ እዞም ኣብ ደገ መሰል ናይ ቃልስን ምንቅስቓስን ዘለና ኤርትራውያን ብትብዓል ክንቃለሰሉ ይግባእ።

እዚ ስርዓት’ዚ፡ ዝፈጸሞምን ዝፍጽሞም ዘሎን ዝዓበየ ገበን ድማ፥ ነቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝነበሮ ትጽቢትን ተስፋን ዘጸልመተ፡ ንክብርታቱን ሞያታቱን ዘቆናጸበ፡ ግዳይ ድኽነት፡ ሕማምን ድንቍርናን ምብትታንን ዝገበረ ስርዓት ስለዝዀነ ኢዩ።

ንመበል 25 ዓመት በዓል ናጽነት ኣብ እነኽብረሉ ዘለና እዋን፡ ብሓደ ሸነኽ ንናጽነትና ላኣላውነትናን ንምክልኻልን ንምጥባቕን፤ ብኻልእ ሸነኽ ድማ፡ ነቲ ኢሳያስ ዝመርሖ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኣውዲቕና ፍትሒ፡ ሰላምን ራህዋን ዝሰፈና፣ ቅዋማዊትን ዲሞክራስያዊትን ኤርትራ ንምህናጽ ድርብ ቃልሲ ንምክያድ ቃል እንኣትወሉ ዕለት ኢዩ።

በዚ ኣጋጣሚ’ዚ፡ ንሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ፥ ነቲ ብ3 ሚያዝያ 2016 ኣብ ልዕሊ ንጹሃት ኣባላት ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ዝተፈጸመ ኣረሜናዊ ናይ ቅትለት ተግባር ኰኒኑ፡ ነቶም ናይ ቅትለት ትእዛዝ ዘመሓላለፉ መራሕቲ ኣብ ትሕቲ ቍጽጽሩ ከእቱን ናብ ፍርዲ ከቕርብን ካብዚ መድረክ'ዚ ንጽውዕ። ከምኡ’ውን፡ ነቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ዕለት ናብ ዕለት እናዛየደ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ጭቆናን ዓፈናን መደምደምታ ንምግባር፡ እምቢ ንምልኪ ክብልን ኣብ ጐድኒ ፍትሓዊ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ደው ንኽብል ደጊምና ንምሕጸን።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ፡ ነዚ ኣብ ተረኽቦ 3 ሚያዝያ ዘርኣያ ህዝባዊ ተቓውሞን ቍጥዐን ኣበሪኹ ንምእላይ ናይ’ቲ ስርዓት ከውዕሎ ንናይ መወዳእታ ግጥምያ ክዳሎ ይግባእ።

ሃገራት ምዕራብ ኣውሮጳ ድማ፡ ብዋሕዚ ናይ ስደተኛታት ተሰናቢዶም፡ ንቀንዲ ጠንቂ ናይ’ቲ ስደት ዝዀኑ ስርዓታት ገንዘብ ብምሃብ ነቲ ዋሕዚ ደው ንምባል ዝገብርዎ ዘለዎ ከንቱ ፈተነ፡ ፍረ ከምዘይብሉ ተገንዚቦም፥ ደገፎም ናብ’ቲ ደላዪ ፍትሕን ሰላምን ዝዀነ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ተቓወምቲ ውድባቱን በርገሳውያን ማሕበራትን ከማእዝንዎ ኣትሪርና ነተሓሳስብ።

ኣብ መጠረስታ፡ ነዚ በዓል ክዉን ንምግባር ዝደኸምኩምን ዝጻዓርኩምን ኣሕዋት ደጊመ እንዳኣመስገንኩ፡ ኣብዚ ይድምድም። 

ዘልኣለማዊ ክብርን ዝኽርን ንሰማእታትና!

ዓወት ንፍትሓዊ  ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ

ናጻ ኤርትራ ትንበር!

የቐንየለይ።

ፍራንክፎርት 21.05.2016

Thursday, 26 May 2016 18:43

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ወለድና ኣብ መንጎ ሰባት ዘይምርድዳእ ክፍጠር እንከሎ እቲ ዘቐድምዎ ዕርቅን ምርድዳእን እዩ። ካብቶም ክዕረቑ ዝግበኦም ሓደ ካብ ሓቂ ኣዝዩ ርሒቑ ከም ዘሎ ክግምቱ እንከለዉ፡ ሓሲቡ ምናልባት እቲ ጌጋ ካብኡ ምዃኑ ተረዲኡ ናብ ልቡ ናይ ምምላስ ዕድል ንክረክብ “ነብስኻ ክትሓክኽ ክንድዚ መዓልቲ ሂብናካ ኣለና” ይብልዎ። ናይዚ ትርጉም ኣብቲ ተታሒዙ  ዘሎ ዘሰሓሕብ ዛዕባ ናብ ዕርቂ ዝወስድ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ለውጢ ንከምጽእ እዩ። ነዚ ቃልዚ ዝጥቀመሉ ኣሎ ዘይጥቀመሉ ኣብኡ ደሪቑ ዝተርፍ’ውን ከምኡ።

እዚ ኣብ ገዛእ ርእስኻ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ለውጢ ምምጻእ ወይ ኣብቲ ሓንሳብ ዝሓዝካዮ ምንባር ኣብ ዘመናዊ ፖለቲካዊ ኣካይዳ’ውን ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ ጽልዋ ዘለዎ እዩ። እዚ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ለውጢ ኣድላይ ዝኾነሉ ምኽንያት ምስቲ ኣብ ከባቢኻ ዝረአ ብዙሕ ለውጥታት ኣሳኒኻ ንምኻድ ስለ ዘኽእል እዩ። ኩነታትካ ብናቱ ሕግን ስርዓትን ናብ ኣሉታ ድዩ ናብ ኣውንታ እንዳማዕበለ፡ ንስኻ ኣብቲ መጀመርያ ዝረገጽካዮ እንተ ነቒጽካ ግና ካብቲ ርኡይ ጉዳይ ወይ ትቕድም ወይ ድማ ትድሕር እሞ፡ ኩሉ እተቕርቦ ሓሳብ ፍታሕ ዘየምጽእ ወይ ዘየሳኒ ኮይኑ በይንኻ ናብ ምዃን የምርሕ።

ብመንጽር እዚ ኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ቃልስና ብብዙሕ ሕጋውን ጐነጻውን ምዕራፋት ዝሓለፈ እዩ። እቲ መሰረታዊ ዕላማ ናይዚ ዝተናወሐ ቃልሲ፡ ናጻ፡ ልኡላዊትን ደሞክራሲያዊትን ኤርትራ ምውሓስ እዩ። ኣብቲ መስርሕ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ምዕራፍ፡ ኣብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ጸላእቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ዓለምን ብዝረኣዩ ምዕባለታት፡ ክተሓዙ ዝጸንሑ ኣተሓሳስባታት ኣለዉ። ካብ ሓደ ምዕራፍ ናይቲ ቃልሲ ናብቲ ካልእ መድረኽ ክስገር እንከሎ ከኣ፡ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኣምራት ሓድሽ ኣተሓሳስባታት ክጥረ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ከምዚ ተዘይኮይኑ ግና ዝተፈላለዩ ኣካላት ኣብ ሓደ ምዕራፍ ቃልሲ፡ ድሌትን ቦታን እንዳሃለዉ በበይኖም ክኾኑ ናይ ግድን እዩ። እዚ በበይንኻ ምዃን ድማ ኣብ ሕድሕድ እቶም ናይ ሓባር ረብሓ ዘለዎም ጐንጽን ምስሕሓብን ከስዕብ ይኽእል።

ናብዚ ህልዊ ኩነታትና ክንምለስ እንከለና፡ ኤርትራ ናጽነታን ልኡላውነታን ተረጋጊጹ ኣብ ምዕራፍ ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ሓርነት በጺሕና ኣሎና። ኣብዚ ምዕራፍ’ዚ በቲ ሓደ ወገን ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ብኣንጻሩ ድማ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ተሰሊፍና ኣለና። እቲ ኣሰላልፋ ተጻራሪ እዩ። መንቀሊ ናይዚ ተጻራርነት ድማ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ፍልልይ ኣብ ኤርትራዊ መሰረታዊ ጉዳይ እዩ። መሰረታዊ ሸቶ ቃልስና ኣብ ሓደ ድሌትን ባህግን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝማእከሉ ኣተሓሳስባ ክንመጽእ ነይሩ። እንተኾነ ጭቋኒ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ናብቲ ሓቀኛ ድሌትን ባህግን ኤርትራን ህዝባን ዘንጸባርቕ ኣተሓሳስባ  ክመጽእ ዘሎ ዕድል ዕጽዊ ካብ ዝኸውን ነዊሕ ግዜ ኮይኑ እዩ። ስለዚ እቲ ፍታሕ ነዚ ነብሱ ሓኺኹ ክቕየር ቅሩብ ዘይኮነ ህግደፋዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ምውጋዱ መተካእታ ዘየብሉ ኮይኑ ቀሪቡ ኣሎ። ኣካይዳ ህግደፍ ብዕምቆት ክንርእዮ እንከለና፡ ኣብቲ ዝተሰግረን ኣካል ታሪኽ ኮይኑ ክዕቀብ ዝነበሮ፡ ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ ተሸኺሉ ዘሎ።

ንሕና እቶም ድሕረ-ባይታና ብዘየገድስ ሎሚ ኣብ ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ሓርነት ተሰሊፍና ዘለና ኣብ ልዕሊ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ  ብልጫ ክንውንን፡ ነዚ ዘብቅዕ ካብ ናይቲ ጉጅለ ዝያዳ ናብቲ ናይ ህዝቢ ትጽቢት ዝቐረበ ሓድሽ ሓባራዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ክንውንን ናይ ግድን እዩ። ሓድሽነት ናይቲ ክንውንኖ ዝግበኣና ኣተሓሳስባ፡ ኣብ ሕድገት፡ ምጽውዋር፡ ክትስማዕ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ክትሰምዕ’ውን ቅሩብ ምዃን፡ ንገዛእ ርእስኻ ኣካል ፍታሕ ናይዚ ተገቲሩ ዘሎ ጸገም ምዃን፡ ልዕሊ ኩሉ ከኣ ህልዊ ኣውያት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብክፉት ልቦና ብዝሰምዕ ልቦና፡ ብተግባር ክንጸባረቕ ይግበኦ።

ነፍሲ ውከፍና ብውዱብ ድዩ ብዘይውዱብ ኣገባብ ክዕወተልና እንደልዮ ባህጊ ኣለና። በዚ መሰረት፡ መጻኢት ኤርትራ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ተወጊዱ፡ ዘተኣማምን  ደሞክራሲ ሰላምን ልምዓትን ዝሰፈና፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናይቲ ኣብ ቃልሲ ዝኸፈሎ ዋጋ ዓስቢ ዝረኽበሉ ኩነታት ክፍጠር ምዃኑ ኣብ በበይኑ መድረኻት ከነንጸባርቖ ጸኒሕና ኢና። እዚ ከካብ ነብስና ነቒልና ንግብራውነቱ ኣስተዋጸኦ ተዘየበርኪትናሉ ሕልሚ ጥራይ ኮይኑ ከም ዝተርፍ ጥርጥር የብሉን። ስለዚ ነዚ ባህግዚ ንምትግባር፡ ዓቕምና እንታይ’ዩ? ብዘለና ዓቕሚ ከነበርክትከ ክሳብ ክንደይ ድልዋት ኣለና? ዝብሉ ሕቶታት ኣብ ምምላስ ነብስና ክንሓክኽ እዋናዊ ጠለብን ግደታን እዩ።

ክብርን ዝኽርን ንኤርትራውያን ሰማእታት

This combination of handout pictures released on May 25, 2016 by the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) shows the shipwreck of an overcrowded boat of migrants off the Libyan coast
This combination of handout pictures released on May 25, 2016 by the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) shows the shipwreck of an overcrowded boat of migrants off the Libyan coast (AFP Photo/) 
 
Rome (AFP) - Dramatic images released by the Italian navy Wednesday captured the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned in a shipwreck off Libya which left at least five people dead.
 
The blue fishing vessel, its deck heaving with people, tipped over after the migrants rushed to one side on spotting a rescue ship -- an all too frequent mistake which has led to many disasters in the Mediterranean.
 
The migrants, many of them men, some already wearing orange lifejackets as a precaution, were captured in rare photographs as they clung to the boat's rails or each other, or dropped like stones into the sea.
 
Some are seen hanging on to the starboard edge by their fingertips as the trawler rolls, while others try to balance on the rim.
 
Pictures taken seconds later show the churning waters around the boat peppered with people trying to get away from the vessel which, now overturned, begins to sink, with four people still perched on its upturned hull.
 
The navy said its Bettica patrol boat had spotted "a boat in precarious conditions off the coast of Libya with numerous migrants aboard" but the trawler overturned shortly afterwards "due to overcrowding".
 
The Bettica threw life-rafts and jackets to those in the water, while another navy ship in the area sent a helicopter and rescue boats.
 
- Sounding the alarm -
 
Survivors can be seen in the photographs wearing life-rings, some swimming towards the Bettica as the helicopter whirrs overhead. The navy said 562 people had been pulled to safety.
 
The operation wound up late Wednesday without finding any further survivors or victims.
 
The migrants had sounded the alarm by calling for help using a satellite phone some 18 nautical miles off Libya.
 
The Bettica went on to pluck another 108 migrants from their dilapidated vessel in a second rescue operation on Wednesday.
 
It is not the first time a boat making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean has overturned because of sudden movement onboard when help is in sight.
 
In August last year, a Palestinian survivor of just such a shipwreck described the moment the boat rolled as "like being flung from a catapult. I could only see heads, all around, amid the waves, everyone pushing down on everyone else to try and stay afloat".
 
According to the International Organization for Migration, over 1,370 migrants have lost their lives so far this year as they attempt the perilous crossing to Europe.
 
The latest arrivals bring the number of people rescued and transferred to Italy since the start of the year to nearly 40,000 following the rescue of more than 6,000 since Monday, according to figures collated by the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) and the coastguard.
 
The overwhelming majority of those arriving in Italy so far this year have been from sub-Saharan Africa.
 
Italian media reports warned the number of minors arriving was on the rise. A nine-month old baby girl whose mother died during a crossing this week was being looked after by cultural mediators in the reception centre on Lampedusa island, La Repubblica said.
 
The UNHCR, aid organisations and the Italian government say there is no sign yet of Middle Eastern refugees switching to the Libyan route to Europe following moves to restrict access from Turkey via the Greek islands.
 
 

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eritrean migrants in sudanThe UNHCR spokesperson said none of those intercepted in northern Sudan while heading towards the Libyan border to reach Europe are asylum seekers and Sudan may be within its legal right to pursue deportation of these Eritrean migrants from its territory. (Photo: Maram Mazen IRIN)

By Kristy Siegfried | for IRIN,

Authorities in Sudan have launched a crackdown on Eritrean migrants – arresting those living in the capital, Khartoum, and intercepting hundreds travelling north through the country towards Libya, the launching point for smugglers’ boats heading for Europe.

 

Reports that 900 Eritreans were rounded up in Khartoum on Monday and that a further 400 arrested en route to Libya have been deported to Eritrea, come amid recent revelations in the British and German media that the EU is planning to deepen its cooperation with a number of African countries, including Sudan and Eritrea, to stem migration towards Europe.

Kibrom (not his real name), a 16-year-old Eritrean refugee who used the route through Sudan and Libya to reach Europe in 2015, told IRIN that his twin sister was among a group of 130 Eritreans captured by Sudanese soldiers in the town of Dongola, about halfway between Khartoum and the Libyan border, earlier this month.

“I passed the same way. When we were travelling, we had to bribe the police. My sister used the same smuggler, but when he tried to bribe the police, it didn’t work,” he said.

Kibrom’s sister, along with the rest of the group, were taken to a prison in Khartoum where they spent three days. Kibrom said he tried to alert the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, but failed to make contact.

“Only the Eritrean Embassy was informed. They took them in an open truck at night time to the Eritrean border,” he said. “From there they were taken to a prison located in my city – Tesseney.”

Leaving Eritrea without permission is a criminal offense and Kibrom is extremely concerned about his sister, who was trying to evade military conscription, as well as his mother and two younger brothers who are still living in Tesseney.

“My mother can’t even try to see my sister or she will be arrested as well,” he told IRIN over the phone from Sweden where he has applied for asylum. “I’m so worried what’s going to happen to them.”

A spokesperson with UNHCR’s office in Khartoum confirmed that a number of migrants, including Eritreans, had been intercepted in northern Sudan heading towards the Libyan border. Of those being held at the Aliens Detention Centre in Khartoum, UNHCR had only identified six individuals who had previously sought asylum and been recognized as refugees.

None of those six had been deported and the spokesperson did not comment on the other deportations but said:

“If an individual does not apply for asylum through the channels provided and subsequently does not express a wish to seek asylum, Sudan may be within its legal right to pursue deportation of irregular migrants from its territory.

“For UNHCR, the principle prohibiting forcible returns or non-refoulement only takes centre stage when the affected individuals are persons of concern to UNHCR, which does not appear to be the case in this particular instance.”

It is unclear whether UNHCR had access to all of the Eritreans detained in Khartoum prior to their deportation. Meron Estefanos, an Eritrean activist based in Sweden who has been in touch with the relatives of some of the deportees, told IRIN that another group of around 300 Eritreans arrested while making their way to Libya were deported last Friday.

Sudan has a prior record of deporting Eritreans without allowing them access to asylum procedures, a practice that UNHCR has condemned in the past as amounting to refoulement.

Increased Border Controls

In addition to the arrests of migrants in Sudan, Estefanos said there has also been a noticeable increase in controls on the Eritrean side of the Sudan-Eritrea border in the last two months. “Leaving Eritrea to Sudan is becoming hard now,” she told IRIN. “People are being intercepted and sent back.”

Last year, a UN inquiry found evidence that Eritrea is a totalitarian state responsible for “systemic, widespread and gross human rights violations” including a system of indefinite national service that amounts to forced labour.

Eritrean soldiers are instructed to shoot at anyone they discover trying to leave the country illegally, a policy that hasn’t prevented thousands from fleeing across the border every month. While the majority of Eritreans remain in camps in Sudan and Ethiopia, over 70,000 applied for asylum in Europe during 2014 and 2015, according to EuroStat figures.

Source=http://www.tesfanews.net/sudan-and-eritrea-crackdown-on-illegal-migrants/

 

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝፈትዎም ቀያሕትን ጸለምትን ደቁ መስዋእቲ ከፊሉ፣ ድሕሪ ናይ ሰላሳ ዓመታት መሪር ቃልሲ ልኡላዊት ሃገር ኩዉን ከምዝገበረን፡ በዚ ድማ ንዓለም ከም ዘደነቀን ኩላትና ንሰማምዓሉ ጉዳይ ኢዩ። ብኡ መጠን ከኣ ከም ኤርትራውያን መዓልቲ ናጽነትና ዓመት መጸ ከነኽብር ዉሁብ እዩ እመስለኒ። ኣብዚ ብምምርኳስ ከኣ ክልተ ዝተፈላለየ ሓሳባት ክቀላቐል ንዕዘብ ኣለና። እቲ ሓደ ብስርዓት ህግደፍ ዝግበር ዘሎ 25 ዓመታት ኣብ ልምዓትን መኸተን ዝብል ኰይኑ፡ በቲ ኻልእ ሸነኽ ድማ ዝተኸፍለ መስዋእቲ ብላሽ ኢዩ፡ እዞም ዝተሰዉኡ ንኢሰያስ እዮም ተሰዊኦም ዝብሉ ኢዮም።

መቸም ኣብዚ ናይ 25 ዓመታት ናጽነት ኤርትራ ናይ ክልቲኦም ኣታሓሕዛ ዝገርም'ዩ። በቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዝብሎ ክጅምር፡ እዚ ስርዓትዚ ኣብዘን ዝሓለፋ 25 ዓመታት ብጀካ ብርሰትን ጥፍኣትን እንተዘይ ኰይኑስ ንሃገርን ህዝብን ዝጠቅም እንታይ ገበረ እንተበልካስ፡ ኣቲ መልሲ ዋላ ሓንቲ እዩ። ካብ ናጽነት ክሳብ ሕጂ ብዝተፈላለየ ምኽንያታት እናታለለ ብዘይ ሕጊ ምርጫን ብህዝቢ ዝተመርጸ መራሕን፡ ብዘይ ቅዋም፡ ከም ድላዩ ዝገብር ዉልቀ መራሒ ዝዝውራ፡ ክሓስሞ ከሎ መን ከም ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እናበለ ዘመጉስ፡ ክጥዕሞ ከሎ ድማ እዚ ህዝቢዚ ዘይገብሮ ዘይብሉ ብማለት ዳርጋ ቀይዲበተኽ ጌሩ ዝገልጾስ ከመይ ጌሩ ሓላይ ህዝብን ሃገርን ክኸውን ሃገር ኣብ ልምዓት ክጽመድን። ኣቱም ሰባት ብሓቂ ኣአምርኡ ንዝሰርሕ'ስ፣ መንእሰያት ፍቕሪ ስድራቤት ከይጸገቡ መንጢሉ ብወተሃደራዊ ሕግታት ቀይዱ ፍርሕን ራዕድን ከም ዝሓድሮም ዝገብር፡ እታ ብገዛእቲ እኳ ዘይተዓጽወት ሓንቲ ዝነበረት ዩኒቨርስቲ ንሓዋሩ ዓጽዩስ ከመይ ገይሩ እዩ፡ ሓላዪ መንእሰያትን መማዕበሊ ትምህርትን ክኸውን ዝኽእል?

ካልእ'ውን ሃብታማት ኤርትራውያን ሃብቶም ኣብ ሃገሮም ኣዋፊሮም ንነብሶምን ህዝቦምን ክጠቕሙ ንዝሓሰቡ ዕድል ምኽላእ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ፡ ኣበሳጭዩ ዘባርር፡ ህዝቢ መጽለሊ ክረክብ ከተማታትና ድማ ክዓብያን ክግርማን ኢሎም ኣባይቲ ንዝሃነጹ፤ ክሳብ ኣብ መፈጸምታ ዝበጽሕ ከም ጥዑይ ክዕዘብ ጸኒሑ ዝተሃንጸ ዘፍርስ ስርዓትስ ከመይ ጌሩ ሓላይ ህዝብን ሃገርን ክኸውን ይኽእል? ስለዚ ኩሉ በቲ ስርዓት ዝገብር ዘሎ ብስም በዓል መበል 25 ዓመት ናጽነት ኤርትራ ብዝገብሮ ብልጭልጭ ህዝቢ ብምትላል ስልጣኑ ኣናዊሑ ንሃገርን ህዝብን ከጽንት እምበር ሓልዮት ከምዘይኮነ ተረዲእና ንምልጋሱ ሓቢርና ክንቃለስ ይግባእ።

እቶም ንመዓልቲ ነጻነት ምብዓል ዝቃወሙን ንስዉኣት "ንብላሽ ኢዮም ተሰዊኦ፡ ንኢሰያስ እዮም ተሰዊኦም" ዝብሉ ድማ፡ ነቶም ብዘይ ፍላጥን ህልዊ መላኺ ስርዓት ካብ ዝፈጠሮ ብስጭትን፡ ምስቲ ወሪዱ ዘሎ ሕሰም ብምዝማድ፣ ኣብ ሓደ ግዜ መዓልቲ ናጽነት ምዝካር  ነቲ ስርዓት ምድጋፍ ኮይኑ ዝስምዖም ዜጋታት ኣይፋልኩምን ካብ ምባል ሕሊፍካ ዝባሃል የለን። ናይቲ ስርዓት ኣበዓዕላ ከምቲ ኣብ ላዕሊ ጠቄዮ ዘለኹ ስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕዩ። ንሕና ግን በቲ ሓቀኛ መግለጺኡ ኤርትራ ንመጀመርታ ግዜ ብተጋድሎኣ ናጻ ሃገር ዝኮነትሉን፡  ከም ህዝቢ ንሕና እውን ንመጀመርታ መንነትና ኤርትራውያን ክንብል ብሓበን ክንገልጽ ዝጀመርናሉ ስለዝኾነን፡ እዚ ብጀጋኑ ስዉኣትና ዝተረጋገጸ ናጽነት ምዃኑ ኣሚና ብሓበንን ክብርን ከነብዕሎ እዩ ዝግብኣና።

 እቶም ነዚ ኩሉ እናፈለጡ ብላሽዶ፡ ባርነትዶ ዝብሉ ድማ፡  ናጽነት ኤርትራ ከም ሃገር ምኽባርን፡ ህላወ ምልክዊ ስርዓትን በደላቱን ፈላልዮም ክጥምቱን ምደለኹ። እዚ ድማ   ኣንጻር ስርዓት ህግደፍ መኸተና ከነትርር እዩ ዝገብረና። ካብዚ ወጻኢ ንዝኸዱ ግን፡ ቃልስና ንከይነስምር ብዝተፈላለዩ ኣካላት ዝተዋፈሩ ከይኾኑ ካብ ምባሎም ሓሊፈ ካልእ ዝብሎም የብለይን።

ኣብ መጨረሽታ ክብሎ ዝደሊ፣ ነባሪ ህዝቢ እምበር፡ ነባሪ ስርዓት ስለዘየለ ብህዝብናን ሃገርናን ጥራሕ ክንሓስብን  ኣብ መንጎ ሃገርን መንግስትን ዘሎ ፍልልይ ከኣ ንፍለጦ እብል።

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