ኣብ ወጻኢ ዝርከቡ  ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ፡ ናብ ዓለም ለኻዊ ሰብኣዊ ትካላትን ኣብ ኤርትራን ኣብ ወጻእን ናብ ዝርከቡ ዜጋታቶምን ናይ ሓባር መጸዋዕታ ኣቕሪቦም። ኣብዚ መጸዋኦታኦም ኣብዚ ኣንጻር ሓደገኛን ዝያዳ ዘስፋሕፍሕን ኮይንሉ ዘሎ ተላጋቢ ሕማም ኣብ ዝግበር ቃልሲ፡ ብሰንኪቲ ኣብ ሃገርና ዘሎ ኩነታት ካብ ካለኦት ዝያዳ ኤርትራውያን ክሃሲ ዝኽእል ብምጥቃ ለበዳ ኮረኖ ቫይረስ ንውግእ ዝያዳ ምድላው ክገብሩንን ጭቡጥ ስጉምቲ ክወስዱን ጸዊዑ። 

ነዚ መልእኽቲ ብሓባር ዘመሓላለፉ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ናይ ምንቅስቓስ ዕድል ስለ ዘይረኸቡ፡ ኣብ ወጻኢ ኮይኖም ዝቃለሱ ዘለዉ፡ ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ባይቶ ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ (ኤሃባዲለ)፡ ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ግንባር (ኤሃግ)፡ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ውድብ ሕድነት ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ (ውሓለ)፡ ሓድነት ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ (ሓኤፍ)ን ዲሞክራስያዊ ውድብ ዓፋር ቀይሕ ባሕሪ (ዲውዓቀባ)ን እዮም።

እቲ ብ31 መጋቢት 2020 ዝወጸ ሓባራዊ መጸዋዕታ፡ ኣብቲ ናብ ዓለም ለኸ ሰብኣዊ ማሕበረሰብ ዘቕረቦ መጸዋዕታ፡ “ነቲ ሓደገኛ ኩነታት ብጥንቃቐ ኣቕልብሉ” ብዝብል፡ ናብ ኮሚሽነር ላዕለዋይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኮሚሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ፊሊፖ ግራንዲን ዳይረተር ትካል ጥዕና ዓለም ዶ/ር ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስን ተላኢኹ። ናይዚ መልእኽቲ ቅዳሕ ከኣ ናብ ካለኦት ሰብኣዊ ትካላትን ብሓፈሻ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ተዓቚበሙለን ናብ ዘለዋ  ሃገራት መንግስታት ብፍላይ ከኣ ናብ መንግስታት ሱዳን ኢትዮጵያን እስራኤልን ተላኢኹ።

እዚ ምሕጽንታ፡ ንሕብረተሰብ ዓለም ኣብ ዘዘኻኸሮ፡ ኤርትራ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ፡ ዘቤታዊ ማሕበረ-ኮማዊ ትካላት ዘየለ፡ ገበርቲ ሰናይ፡ ካብ ዝምስረታዊ ነዊሕ ዕድመ ዝነበረን ሃይማኖታዊ ናይ ረዲአት ትካላትን ናይ ማሕበራዊ ድሕንነት መርበባትን ብፍሉይ ሜላ ከም ዝዓነዋ ጠቒሱ።

ኣብቲ ብ1 ማዝያ 2020  ብትግርኛን ዓረብን ተዳልዩ ብቐጥታ ናብ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ዝተመሓላለፈ መልእኽቲ ከኣ፡ ብፍላይ ህይወት ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራን መደበራት ስደተኛታትን  ንምድሓት ኩሉ ዝከኣል ዘበለ ምግባር ዝምልከት እዩ።

እቲ መልእኽቲ ብዛዕባ ድሕረ-ባይታ ናይቲ ተላጋቢ ሕማምን ኣብቲ ኤርትራውያን ተዳጒነምሉ ዘለዉ ዝተጻበበ ኣብያተ-ማእሰርትን መንእሰያት ኣብ ጉረባብቲ ሃገራት ተኣኪበምሉ ዘለዉ መደበራትን ከስዕቦ ዝኽእል ሓደጋ ኣስፊሩ። ኣተሓሒዙ ከኣ ህዝቢ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብዘለዉ ናይ ጥዕና ክኢላታትን ኣብ ወጻኢ ዘለዉ ንጡፋት ምስ ናይ ጥዕና ክኢላታት ብምትሕብባር ብዛዓብቲ ሕማም ይህብዎ ንዘለዉ  መምርሕታትን ምኽርን ክከታተል ኣዘኻኺሩ። ኣተሓሒዙ ከኣ እዚ ዝስዕብ መጸዋዕታ ኣመሓላሊፉ፡ 

1. ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ በዚ ተላጋቢ ሕማም ብዘየቃልዖ ኣገባብ ክንቀሳቐስ።
2. ነቲ ልሙድ መታለሊ ገንዘብ ናይ ምውጻእ ወፈራ ብትኹረት ምክትታል።
3. ንኣሕዋት ህዝብታትን ሓይልታትን፡ ስርዓት ኤርትራ እሱራት ክፈትሕን ኣብ ግዱድ ውትህድርና ዘለዉ መንእሰያት ከፋኑን ሓያል ተጽዕኖ ንክገብሩ ተሪር ጥርዓን ምቕራብ።
4. ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ሓይልታት ብክልኻልን ብሓባር፡ ብዛዕባቲ ህዝቢ ካብ ባንክ ካብ 5ሺሕ ናቕፋ (300 ዶላር) ንላዕሊ ከየውጽእ ተነቢርዎ ዘሎ እገዳ ክሓቱ።
5. ኣብ ርእሲ እዚ፡ ህዝብን ሓይልታት ምክልኻልን ኤርትራ፡ መራሕቲ ኤርትራ፡ ነቲ ብሚልዮናት ዝግመት ካብ ሽያጥ ማዕድናት ዝተኣከበ፡ ካብ ኣገልግሎት ወደባት ዝተረኽበን ካብ ሃገራት ኣዕራብ ዝተለገሰን ገንዘብ ኣብ ምኽልኻልዚ ሓያል ተላጋቢ ሕማም ክውዕል ክሓቱ። 

ህጹጽ ሓባራዊ መልእኽቲ ናብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ!

ካብ ፖሊቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ

ክቡር ኣቶ ፊሊፖ ግራርዲ - ኮምሽነር ላዕላዋይ ኮምሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት - ጀነቫ

ክቡር ዶ/ር ተድሮስ ኣድሓኖም - ጠቕላሊ ዲረክተር ውድብ ጥዕና ዓለም ጠቕላሊ - ጀነቫ

ቅዳሕ፡-

ካልኦት ዝምልከቶም ኣካላት ሕቡራት ሃገራት

ንኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣዕቆብቲ ሃገራት

31 መጋቢት 2020

ጉዳይ፡-

ንኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገርን ወጻእን ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ጸረ-መቕዘፍቲ ኮሮና ቫይሩስ ንምክልኻል ዝዓለመ ምሕጽንታ

ክቡር ኮሚሽነር ላዕለዋይ ኮምሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ኣቶ ፊሊፖ ግራንዲ

ክቡር ጠቕላሊ ዲረክተር ውድብ ጥዕና ዓለም ዶር. ተድሮስ ኣድሓኖም

 ንሕና ፡ እዞም ኣስማትና ኣብ ታሕቲ ተጠቒሱ ዘሎ ንኹሉ ኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኣብ ስደት እንውክል፣ ናብ ክብርነትኩም ሓለፍቲ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ሰብ-መዝን ውድብ ጥዕና ዓለምን እዚ ኣገዳሲ ምሕጽንታ ከነቕርበልኩም ከለና ሓላፍነትና ምዃኑ ብግቡእ ብምግንዛብ እዩ። ምስ’ዚ ኣተሓሒዝና፡ ናይ’ዚ ምሕጽንታ’ዚ ቅዳሓት ከኣ ነተን ንኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣዕቊበን ዘለዋ ሃገራትን ከምኡ’ውን ዝምልከተን ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣካላትን፣ ብፍላይ ድማ ሱዳን፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ የመን፡ እስራኤልን ሊብያን ክወሃብ ምዃኑ ከነፍልጥ ንፈቱ። እዚ ዝዀነሉ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት ከኣ ሃለዋት ናይ’ዞም ኣብ ብዙሓት ሃገራት ዓለም ተበቲኖም ዝተፈላለየ ወጽዓታት ዘሕልፉ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን፣ ኣቓልቦን ቆላሕታን ኣህጉራዊ ግብረ-ሰናይ ማሕበረ-ሰብ ንምርካብ ዝዓለመ ኢዩ።

ዝኸበርኩም ሰብ-መዚ፣

እዚ ብምኽንያት ኮቪድ-19 (ኮሮና  ቫይሩስ) ዝላባዕ ዘሎ ሕማም’ዚ፣ ናብ’ተን ብግጭታት ዝሳቐያ ዘለዋን፣ ኣብ ተነካኢ ዝዀነ ክፍለ-ዓለም ዝርከባን፣ ነዚ ናይ ኮሮና ቫይሩስ ለበዳ ንምግጣም ዘይተቐረባ፣ ንመብዛሕትኦም ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ድማ ኣዕቊበን ዘለዋ ሃገራት ድሮ እቲ ለበዳ በጺሕወን ኣሎ። እዚ ኲነታት ኮሮና ቫይሩስ ኣብ ግምት ብምውሳድ፡ ካብ ዓለም እቲ ዝኸፍአ ማሕበራዊ ነውጺ ዘለዎ ቦታታት ምዃኑ ከኣ ብምስትውዓል፡ ብዙሓት ካብ ህዝብና ድማ እቲ ቀንድን መሰረታውን ባእታ ዝዀነ መከላኸሊ ናይ’ዚ ሕማም’ዚ ኢድ ምሕጻብ ብምዃኑ፣ ኢድ መሕጸቢ ዝዀኑ መሳለጢታት ከም ማይ ኮነ ሳምና ናይ ምርካብ ዘለዎም ዕድል ከኣ ኣዝዩ ውሑድ ብምዃኑ፣ በዚ ተላባዒ ሕማም’ዚ ምኽንያት ክቕዘፉ ዘሎ ተኽእሎታት ሰፊሕ ብምዃኑ፣ ንዓና ኣዝዩ የሰክፈናን የተሓሳስበና’ዩ። ብምዃኑ ኣቓልቦ ተዋሂብዎ ኣብ ግዜኡ ህጹጽ ኣትኩሮ ብኣህጉራዊ ማሕበረ-ሰብ መታን ክረክብ ብሕቡራት ሃገራት ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ሰብ-መዝን ብውድብ ጥዕና ዓለምን ተመሪሑን ተወሃሂዱን ዕቱብ ተበግሶ ክውሰድ ኣትሪርና ንምሕጸን።

ብእምነትና፣ ብሰንኪ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘለዉ ጸገማት ብዙሕ መንእሰያዊ ሓይሊ ካብ ህዝብና፡ ብኣሽሓት ዝቚጸሩ ኣረጋውያንን ኣብ ተኣፋፍን ሓገዛት ኣብ ዘድልዮም ግዜ ንድሕሪት ገዲፎም ዝፈትዉዋ ሃገሮም ጠንጢኖም ናብ ስደት ከም ዘምርሑ፣ ካባኻትኩም ዝተኸወለ እዩ ኣይንብልን። ብካልእ ወገን ካብ ነዊሕ ግዜ ጀሚሩ ነቶም ንድኹማት ሓገዝ ክህቡ ዝጸንሑ ግብረ-ሰናይን ሃይማኖታዊ ትካላትን ካልኦት ናይ ማሕበራዊ ውሕስነት ትካላትን ኩሎም ኰነ ተባሂሉ ብመደብ እቲ ዘሎ መንግስቲ ኣፈራሪስዎም ይርከብ። ብተወሳኺ መብዛሕትኦም እቶም ናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ግብረ-ሰናይ ማሕበራትን ዘይመንግስታዊ ትካላትን ኣብ ኤርትራ ንጥፈታት ካብ ዘቋርጹ ዓሰርተታት ዓመታት ኣቚጺሮም እዮም።  

 ክቡራት ኣህጉራውያን ሰብ-መዚ!

ኣብ’ዚ እዋን’ዚ እቲ ሓፈሻዊ ኤርትራዊ ኲነታት ተዳኺሙን ነብሱ ክሕግዘሉ ዝኽእል ኲነታት ከም ዘየብሉን ርኡይ ሓቂ ኰይኑ ኣሎ። ጸብጻባት ከም ዝሕብሩ፣ እቲ ኣብ’ታ ሃገር ዘሎ ካብ 300 ንላዕሊ ዝኸውን ቤት ማእሰርትታት ኣብ ልዕሊ ብጻዕቂ እሱራት ኣዕለቕሊቑ ተጸፋጺፉ መሊኡ ምህላዉ፣ ነዚ ሓደገኛ ዝዀነ ለበዳ’ዚ ክከላኸል ዝኽእል ዓቕምን መሳርሕን የብሉን። እቲ ብስም “ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎትን” ግፋን ዝእከብ ዘሎ ናይ ባርነት ስራሕ ዝሰርሕን፣ ገዚፍ ኣሃዱታት ሰራዊት እንተዀነ’ውን ኣዝዩ ጻዕቂ ኣብ ዘለዎ “መደበራት” ስለ ዝነብር ነዚ ለበዳ ሕማም’ዚ ንኽላባዕ ክፉት ዕድል ዝህብ ኲነታት እዩ ዘሎ።  

በቲ ሓደ ወገን ከኣ፡ ኣብ ሱዳን፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ የመን ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ እስራኤል ኣብ ናይ መዕቆቢ “መደበራትን” ኣብ ከተማታት ዝርከቡ መዕቆቢታትን ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን፣ ስሉጥ ኣህጉራዊ ናይ ግብረ-ሰናይ ማሕበራት ተዋሳእቲ ብተግባር ዝንቀሳቐሱ እንተዘይሃልዮም፣ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ኣደዳ’ዚ ለበዳ’ዚ ክኾንሉ ዝኽእሉ ዕድላት ዓቢ እዩ። ኣብ መደበር ስደተኛታትን ግዝያዊ መዕቆቢታትን ኣብ ናይ መጀመርያ ናይ ምቕባል መስርሕ ኣብ ብዙሓት ሃገራት እንተላይ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን፣ እተን ዝቕበላ ዘለዋ ሃገራት ብተገዳስነት እንተደኣ ብዝምልከቶም ኣካላት፣ ብፍላይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ናይ ስደተኛታት ሰብ-መዚ፡ ሓለፍቲ ኣህጉራዊ ውድብ ጥዕና ዓለም ሓገዝን ምኽርን ዘይተሓዊስዎ፣ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣደዳ ኮሮና ቫይሩስ ኰይኖም ንሓደጋ ክሳጥሑ ዝኽእልሉ ተኽእሎ ዓቢ ምዃኑ ክንገልጽ ንፈቱ።

ብምዃኑ እምበኣር “ኮቪድ-19” ናብ ኤርትራ ከይላባዕ ንምክልኻል፣ ኣብ ብዙሓት ሃገራት ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ከም ዝርአ፣ ኣብ ኤርትራውያን ዝነብርሉ ናይ ስደተኛታት መዓስከራትን ኣብ ከተማታት ብጻዕቂ ዝቕመጥሉ ኲነታት ስለ ዘሎን፣ ሓደጋ ኮሮና ቫይሩስ ከይዝርጋሕ ንምክልኻል፣ ኣትሪርና ክንብሎ እንደሊ ነገር እንተሎ ህጹጽ ስጉምቲ ክትወስዱ ብፍላይ ከኣ እዞም ዝስዕቡ ኣብ ግብሪ ንኽውዕሉ ንምሕጸን፡-  

• ኣብ’ዘን ኤርትራውያን ተዓቚቦሙለን ዘለዉ ቦታታት እኩል ናይ ክንክን ጥዕና ማእከላት እኹል ቀረባት ናይ ማይ፡ መሕጸቢ ሳምናታት፡ ጸረ-ለኽፊ ዝዀኑ ፈሰስቲ፡ “ጓንቲ”፡ መሸፈኒ ኣፍን ንጽርየት ዘገልግሉ ወረቓቕትን ከም ዝህሉ ምግባር፣
• እቶም ቦታዊ ናይ ክንክን ጥዕና መርበባትን ትካላትን በዚ እከይን ሓደገኛ ኮሮና ቫይሩስ ዝተለኽፉን ዘይተለኽፉን መፍለጢ ዝኸውን ናይ መመርመሪናውትን መሳለጢታትን ከም ዝህልዎም ምርግጋጽ፣
• ኣህጉራዊ ግብረ-ሰናይ ማሕበረ-ሰብ ነቲ ኣብ ውሽጢን ኣብ መደበር ስደተኛታትንዘሎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ’ዚ ሓደገኛ ብቕልጡፍ ዝላባዕ ዘሎ መቕዘፍቲ ለበዳ ኮቪድ-19 ንምድሓን ዝከኣሎም ክገብሩ፣

ዝኸበርኩም ሰብ-መዚ

ብእምነትና ትሕዝቶ እዚ እነቕርበልኩም ዘለና ኣገዳስን ሕልኽልኽ ዝመልኦ ኲነታት ናይ’ዞም ኣስታት ኣርባዕተ ሚልዮን ኣብ ውሽጥ ሃገር ከምኡ’ውን ኣስታት ክልተ ሚልዮን ኣብ ወጻኢ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ነዚ ኣብ ልዕሊኦም ኣንጠጥዩ ዘሎ ለበዳ ንሓደጋ ተሳጢሖም ከም ዘለዉ ትርድእዎ ኢኹም ኢልና ንኣምን።

ኣኽበርትኹም፡-

ኣቦ-መንበራት፣

1. ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ባይቶ ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ (ኤሃባደለ)
2. ኤርትራዊ ሃገራዊ ግንባር (ኤሃግ)
3. ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)
4. ውድብ ሓድነት ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ (ውሓደለ)
5. ሓድነት ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ(ሓኤፍ)
6. ዲሞክራስያዊ ውድብ ዓፋር ቀይሕ ባሕሪ (ዲውዓቀባ)

The entire ensemble of Eritrean political forces in exile have issued joint statements to the international humanitarian community and their own compatriots at home and in exile to make an extraordinarily especial preparation and concrete action to fight the fast looming dangers of the corona-virus pandemic which can harm more Eritreans than others because of the sad situation of Eritrea and its people.

Both joint messages were from the Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENCDC); the Eritrean National Front (ENF); the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP);  the Organization  of Unity for Democratic Change (UDC); United Eritreans for Justice (UEJ) and the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), all in exile because political organizations are not allowed to function inside Eritrea.

Appeal to the World Community:

Their joint  31 March appeal to the world humanitarian community urging for “seriously look at the precarious situation” in Eritrea was addressed to the UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and the WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, with copies to other humanitarian bodies and  Governments hosting Eritrean refugees, on top of them the Sudan, Ethiopia and Israel.

The appeal reminded the global community that the situation in Eritrea should concern  everybody because Eritrea is now a place where “local community structures, charities and long-established religious support institutions and other societal safety networks have been systematically demolished and exist no more.” (See full appeal below).

Message to the Eritrean People:

Their other message of 1 April, prepared both in Arabic and Tigrigna, was a direct address to every Eritrean to do all what is possible to save many Eritrean lives, especially at home and at the refugee camps.  

After giving guidelines for prevention and also extensive background on he current pandemic and its potential danger to Eritreans in congested prisons, concentration    centers of conscripts an refugee camps in the neighboring countries, the message to the   Eritrean people included calls for joint action to help health workers in Eritrea and promote awareness about the pandemic in cooperation with Eritrean health experts in diaspora. The message also included these calls:

1. Every Eritrean conduct activities that can help vulnerable Eritreans from being harmed by the pandemic,
2. The be  watchful  against the known deceptive voices  campaigning for funds;  
3.  To earnestly appeal to friendly peoples and forces in the world to make pressure bear on Eritrean authorities to free prisoners and release conscripts in the “national service”;
4. The Eritrean people and the armed forces to jointly demand for the denied right of drawing more than 5,000 Nacfa (c.$300) per month from the Eritrean banks;  
5. Also the Eritrean people and the armed forces to ask the Eritrean authorities to use the millions obtained from the sale of minerals, use of ports and “donations” from the Arab states in the current fight against the coronavirus.  

Printed below is the full text of the appeal of Eritrean political forces to the international humanitarian community:

To:  H.E. Mr. Filippo Grandi 

High Commissioner, UNHCR, Geneva,

To: H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom,

Director General, WHO Geneva

CC:

Other Concerned UN Bodies,

Host Countries of Eritrean Refugees

March 31, 2020

Subject:

An Appeal for Protection of Eritreans at Home

and abroad from the Scourges of Corona virus

Dear UNHCR Commissioner, Mr.  Filippo Grandi,

Dear WHO DG, Dr. Tedros Adhanom,

We, the undersigned entities representing the ensemble of Eritrean political organizations in exile, felt the obligation of sending this earnest appeal to Your Excellencies at UNHCR and WHO, with copies to concerned UN organs and countries hosting Eritrean refugees, on top of them Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Israel and Libya, in order to draw the attention of the international humanitarian community to the plight of Eritreans in many countries of the world.

We are deeply concerned, Sirs, that the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has now reached our ill prepared country and the countries in the region that provide shelter to most of the Eritrean refugees in one of world’s most conflict ridden and sensitive regions.  We are worried that, given the situation where many of our people lack access to hand washing facilities and detergents - the most effective preventive treatment, the pandemic would leave an even bigger number of people killed and cause more societal disruption than in any other country in the world. For that we need the timely and immediate attention and support of the international community led by appropriate initiatives from your esteemed organizations, the UNHCR and WHO.

We believe you are well aware of the problems in Eritrea where young people flee the country in thousands leaving the old and vulnerable at home. Local community structures, charities and long-established religious support institutions and other societal safety networks have been systematically demolished and exist no more. Most of the UN humanitarian organizations and INGOs have not been active in Eritrea for decades.

Excellencies,

The general public in today’s Eritrea is left pauperized and helpless.  The reported over 300 dungeons in the country where thousands of pollical prisoners languish under inhuman conditions are congested and poorly equipped to handle the current pandemic. Divisions of the Eritrea’s huge army of conscripts and “national service” forced-labor workers living in spartan and overcrowded camps will be an easy prey to the pandemic.

On the other hand, Eritrean refugees in camps and urban concentrations in Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen and Israel are likely to be ravaged by this pandemic without an effective intervention of international humanitarian actors. Eritrean refugees in reception camps and temporary shelters in many countries, including in many European countries, shall be exposed to danger unless the host countries are advised and supported by concerned bodies, especially the UNHCR and WHO. 

We, therefore, strongly appeal for your most urgent measures that could prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Eritrea, and in particular in the refugee camps and urban concentration of Eritreans in several countries, especially in Africa. Needless to say, the topmost priorities of action will include:

• Making sure that health clinics in those areas have access to adequate supply of water, detergents, disinfection liquids, gloves, masks and napkins;
• Looking to it that local health centers and agencies have check-up facilities for timely identification of persons infected with the vicious corona virus;
• The international humanitarian community to do what it takes to help people inside Eritrea from the scourges of this pandemic.

Dear Sirs,

We very much feel that you understand the essence of this modest call to you to seriously look at the precarious situation of the estimated four million Eritreans at home and about two million Eritreans in the diaspora who are exposed to the looming danger facing our world today.

Sincerely yours,

(Signatories) Chairpersons of

1. Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENCDC)
2. Eritrean National Front (ENF)
3. Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP)
4. Organization Unity for Democratic Change (UDC)
5. United Eritreans for Justice (UEJ)
6. Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO)