Joined in recent months by over 100 young members in the Middle East and North America, EPDP grassroots everywhere are heating up their day-to-day regional and local activities and party renewal tasks, all focused on more effective role in the struggle for democratic change in Eritrea. Following the first ever historic meeting on 27 April of the recently formed EPDP Zone in Israel, other party grassroots also held constructive meetings in North America and Europe. The Preparatory Committee for Eritrea Festival 2018 has also been on the move at full gear.

 

EPDP NA Membership Meeting

On 6 May 2018, the EPDP North America Zone held a total-membership meeting mainly for a briefing on the recent successful party mission to Israel that lasted between 31 March and 16 April 2018. Mr. Tuku Tesfai, EPDP Central Council member who led the two-person delegation, recounted in great detail the contacts the delegation made with Eritreans and humanitarian service actors supporting refugees in Israel. In the meantime, he said the delegation collected over 75 duly filled membership forms from young Eritreans in Israel who are determined to struggle for democratic change as EPDP members.

 

The EPDP NA Zone meeting warmly congratulated and commended the delegation members for their successful mission and called upon the party leadership to organize similar delegations to other places where Eritreans are present. (These may include places in Africa like Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, South Africa and others). In a historic move, the NA Zone meeting also initiated an additional fund-drive for the party in honor of CC members Tuku Tesfai and Feven Gideon so that similar future party missions could be launched on time.

 

EPDP Oakland-San Jose Members Meet

On 5 May, EPDP members in Oakland and San Jose, California, held a meeting to review developments in their region and the entire North America Zone. The meeting was pleasantly surprised by the new wave of mobilization within the party and voiced their full satisfaction with the outcome of the recent party mission to Israel as well as the activities of new EPDP members in different parts of Canada, and the return to party ranks of former freedom fighters in several regions in North America.

2nd Sweden Branch in Action

Also on 5 May 2018, the second EPDP Branch for Southern Sweden held its fifth regular meeting electronically and discussed different agenda items related to internal branch and party matters as well as developments affecting the ongoing struggle for democratic change. The branch leadership to time to explain the situation of each branch member and what he/she is able to contribute in branch activities. Also explained were joint projects with sister associations like the 'Eritrea in Our Hearts' group and the local authorities. Eritrean refugees in the Gothenburg region are granted different free services and also recently got a new meeting place.

Festival 2018 Preparations Are Underway

On First of May, the 9-person Preparatory Committee of Eritrea Festival 2018 held its second regular meeting since its formation this year. The meeting was headed by Mr. Tesfamariam Kibreab, who is the chairman of the Eritrean Democratic Association (EDA), a non-profit association that organizes the annual politico-cultural Eritrea Festival in the German city of Frankfurt. The meeting allotted responsibilities to each Committee member and listed Committee's expectations from the EPDP Europe Zone and its branches who are co-organizers of the annual event.

 

A press release of the meeting confirmed that Eritrea Festival 2018 will be held between 3 and 5 August this year at the usual place in Frankfurt (Die Studierendenschaft der Johann Wolfgang Goethe – Universität, Mertonstr. 26 – 28, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main).

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንሚእቲ ዓመታት ዝኣክል እፎይ ኢሉ ከየዕረፈ እነሆ ማሉ፡ ንብረቱን ደቁን እናኣወፈየ ናጻ ዘውጸኣ ሃገር ሲኦል ኮይናቶ ትርከብ ኣላ። ህዝቢ ንኽሉ ዘጋጥሞ ዝነበረ ሽግርን መከራን ከይተጠላለመ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተወጺዑ እንከሎ ምእንቲ ሃገሩ ይጽመም ኣሎ ክበሃል ይከኣል። እዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝጽመሞ ዘሎ ግፍዕን ኣደራዕን ካብ ምንታይ ዝነቐለ እዩ ኢልና ክንሓትት ዝግባእ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ወዲ ሰብ ገበን ዘይብሉ “ገበን ፈጺምካ” ተባሂሉ ክሳብ ዝኣምን ብርሱን ሓጺን እናተተኮሰ፥ ወይ እናተቐጥቀጠ ኣብ ስቓይ እንከሎ፥ ካብቲ ሽግር እቲ ንኽወጽእ፡ “እወ ገበነኛ እየ” ኢሉ ክቕበሎ ዘይሕሰብ ነገር እዩ። ስለዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ገበን ዘይብሉ ክንሱ ደቁን ቤተሰቡን ኣብ ትሕቲ ጎዳጉዲ ሰፊሮም እንከለዉ ምጽቃጡ “ምስ ደገዝማቲ መን ተማጓቲ”ዶ ኮይንዎ ይኸውን ዘብል እዩ።

ብፍላይ ኣብ ከም ኤርትራ ዝኣመሰለ ብዘይካ ናጽነት ናይ ፖለቲካውን ሓርነታውን ረቂቕ ቃልሲ ዘይተመኮረ ህዝቢ ካብ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ክርዕድ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ብሓፈሻ ድማ ከምዚ ኣተሃላልዋ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ እቲ ህዝቢ “ካብ ኢሰያስ ኣይሕሹን እዮም” ናብ ዘብል ከምርሖን ዘይተኣማመን ከም ዝኸውን ከኣ ዘጠራጥር ኣይኮነን። ካብዚ ፍርሒ እዚ ነቒሉ ድማ እዩ በቲ ቃልቃል ዝብል ሓዊ እናነደደ እንከሎ ተጠርኒፉ ነቲ ስርዓት ወጊድ ክብል ዘየኽእሎ ዘሎ።

ኮይኑ ግን እቲ ካብ ሃገር ሃጽ ኢሉ ኣብ ምንታይ ክዓልብ ምዃኑን ዘጓንፎ ቦታ ከይተረደኦን ዝጠፍእን ወይ ዝበርስን ዘሎ ዓቢኡን ንእሽትኡን ክፋል ሕበረተሰብ ኤርትራ ዓብይ ክሳራ ነታ ሃገር እዩ። ነዚ ኮነ ኢሉ ስርዓት ኣስመራ ንሱ ዘይደልዮም ክጠፍኡሉ እንከለዉ ክሕጎስ፥ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ድማ መኽሰብ ዝረኽበሉ ዘይብሉ ክንሱ ዘሕዝን እዩ ኢሉ ክሰግሮ እንከሎ ድማ ዘተሓሳስብ እዩ።

ደምበ ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ኣብ ክንዲ ነዚ ወሪዱ ዘሎ ብመንፈስ ሃገራውን ሃገራውነትን ብጽንዓትን እምንቶን ዝገጥሞ፥ የለን በብናተይ እምበር ንሓንቲ ኤርትራ ኢልካ ምቅላስ ዕንወትን ክሳራን እዩ ናብ ዘብል ሓሳብ ይዛዙ ምህላዉ ተሓባባሪ ናይቲ ስርዓት ዘየብሎ ምንም ምኽንያት የለን። እዚ ኣብ ክንዲ ነቲ ወጽዓን ናብ ጥፍኣት ገጹ ዝደፍእ ዘሎን ተጻባኢ ሓይሊ ወይ ስርዓት ንምግጣም ሽምዓ ብምውላዕ፥ “ክንድዚ ኣብ ባሕሪ ጥሒሎም፥ ክንድዚ ድማ ናውቲ ከብዶም ተወሲድዎም” እናበልካ ናይ ሓዘን ኣኼባ ምግባር ዘምጸኦ ለውጢ የለን።

ኣብ ክንዲ ተጠርኒፍካ ኣንጻርቲ ወጻዒ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብሓባር ምስራሓ፡ ብናይ ሓዘን መግለጽን ምእካብን ጥራሕ እዚ ስርዓት እዚ ኣይእለን እዩ። እንታይ ደኣ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ናብተን ዘለዋ ሰልፍታት ወይ ውድባት ምስታፍን ምትሕብባርን ምቁጽጻርን እዩ ክዕወት ዝኽእል። ካብኡ ሓሊፉ ያኢ ቁምነገር ተረኺቡ፡ እቲ ሓደ ነቲ ካልእ ደላይ ፍትሕን ዘይደላይ ፍትሕን ስም ከተውጸኣሉ ህርዲግ ምባል፡ መፍቶ እቲ መላኺ ስርዓት ምዃን ከንቱ እዩ።

ስለዚ ደላይ ፍትሕን ዘይደላይ ፍትሕን ኢልካ ኣብ ክንዲ ምፍልላይ ግደን ፍልልይን ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታትን ስቪካውያን ማሕበራትን ኣብዚ ነካይዶ ዘለና ናይ ለውጢ ቃልሲ ኣዕሚቝካ ምርዳእ ናይ ግድን የድሊ። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ኣብ ባይታ ዝረአ ዘሎ ብኣንጻር እተን ስቪካውያን ማሕበራት ከም ንስልጣን ተቓለስቲ ተመሲለን ምስ ፖለትካውያን ሰልፍታት ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ናይ ስልጣን ሜዳ ዝወዳደራ ምህላወን እዩ። ስለዚ ኣብ ክንዲ ወግሐ ጸብሐ፥ ምርባሕ ውድባት፡ ሰልፍታትን ሲቪካውያን ማሕበራትን ምድሃብ፥ ኣብ ነቲ ስርዓት ዝዓለመ ዒላማ ክንሓስብን ክንሰርሕን እዩ መድረኽ ዝጠልበና ዘሎ።

እቲ ስርዓት ኣብ ነንሓድሕድና ከምዘይንሰማማዕን ከምዘይንረዳድእን ካብኡ ሓሊፉ ጸገማትና ንኸይንፈትሕን ብታሕቲታሕቲ ዘዋፍሮ ብዙሕ ማሕለኻታት ክህሉ ይኽእል እዩ። ነዚ ንምብዳህ ኣብ ክንዲ ነቲ ሃገራዊ ኣዕኑድን መቖሚታትን ኣደልዲልና ንሓድነት ሃገርን ህዝብን ምስራሕ ብቃሕ ዝበለና ዘይሓላፍነታዊ መንገዲ ክንጎዓዝ እንከለና፡ ነቲ ተንኮላት መላኺ ክንነቕሓሉ ኣይንኽእልን ዘለና። ቃልስና እምበኣር ነዚ መላኺ ስርዓት ኣልጊስካ ዲሞክራሲያውን ዕልማናውን መንግስቲ ምትካል እዩ። ነዚ ዝጻረር ሓይሊ እንተልዩ ድማ መንገዱ ብጋህዲ ከነጽር ይግበኦ።

ጨንፈር ሰዲህኤ ቁ.2 ብዕለት 05/05/2018 ብኤለትሮኒካዊ መራኸቢ ብዙሓን 5ይ ስሩዕ ኣኼባ ናይ ምሉኣት ኣባላት ኣካይዱ። ኣቦ ወንበር ጨንፈር ብሰላምታ ከፊቱ ዝቀረባ ኣጀንዳ ኣርጊኡ፡ ሙሉእ ሃለዋት ኣባላትን ዕዉት ዉፍይ ጥፈታቶኦም ብዝርዝር ሓቢሩ። ቀጺሊ ተሓዝ ገንዘብ ጨንፈር ብምልኣት ናይ ኣባላት ፡ ኣብ ወርሓዊ ክፍሊት፡ ልግሲ ልደት፡ ንዕዉት ዑደት 2 ኣባላት ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰልፊ ንእስራኤል ዝኣተወ ገንዘብ ብንጹር ጽፉፉ ጸብጻብ ኣቅሪቡ። ሲዒቡ ኣባል ናይ ስርርዕ ምምሕዳርን ኣባላት ዞባ ኤውሮጳን ዘሎ ኣዎንታዊ ምዕባሌታት ሓቢሮም። ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ. ኣብ ጉዳይ ናይ ሓቢርካ ምስራሕ ዝኣወጆ እማመ መሰረት ተሰማዕነት እናረኸበ ይመጽእ ብምህላው ብዕቱብ ክቕጽሎን መሪሕ ግደ ንሓድነት ክህልዎን መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ቀዳምነት ሂቡ ንምዕዋቱ ክጽዕር ምሉኣት ኣባላት ኣስሚሮምሉ። ብተወሳኺ ኣብ ከተማ ዮተቦርግ ዘሎ ንጡፍ ሽወደናዊ ኤርትራዊ ባህላዊ ምሕዝነት ማሕበር (ኤርትራ ኣብ ልብና !!! ) ኣብ ፈነዋ ራዲዮ ብትግርኛን ዓረብን ፡ ንሓደስቲ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ብነጻ ዝህቦ ኣገልግሎትን ተሓቢሩ፡ ሓድሽ መራኸቢ ቦታ ከም ዝተዋህበ ከኣ ተሓቢሩ። ኣብ መደምደምታ መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ዉሕሉ መደባቱን ቅዋማዊ ኣሳርራርሓኡን ኣድኒቁ ብቀጻሊ ኣብ ጉድኑ ከም ዘሎ ኣስሚሮምሉ። ንናይ ቲ ዓመት ዓመት ዝካየድ ሰፊሕ በዓል ኤርትራ ፈስቲቫል ፍራንክፎርት 2018 ኣሳናዳኢ ሽማገለ ድሮ ምድላዋታ ከተካይድ ጀሚራ ምህላዋ ተሓቢሩ ፡ ኣባላት ከኣ ንምዕዋቱ ዕጥቆም ክድርቡ ምኳኖም ቃል ኣትዮም ኣኼባኦም ዛዚሞም።

ቀዳም 6 ጉንበት 2018 ዞባ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ሓፈሻዊ ናይ ኣባላት ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ።

ቀንዲ ኣጀንዳ ኣኼባ ኣብ ወርሒ ሚያዝያ ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ናብ እስራኤል ብምኻድ ናይ ዝገበሮ ዕዉት ዑደት ዝርዝር ሓበሬታ ንኣባላት ንምክፋል እዩ ነይሩ። ብክልተ ኣባላት ማእከላይ ባይቶ፡ ሓው ትኩእ ተስፋይን ሓውቲ ፌቨን ጊደዎንን ዝቖመ ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ንክልተ ሰሙን ኣብ እስራኤል ዘካየዶ ንጥፈታትን ዘመዝገቦ ዓወታትን ንእባላት ብሓው ትኩእ ብዝርዝር ተገሊጹ።

ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሓጺር ግዜ ምስ ብዙሓት መንእሰያት ኤርትራውያን ተራኺቡ ብምምይያጥ ህዝብና ኣብ እስራኤል ዝሓልፎ ዘሎ መሪር ሂወት ክርዳእ ክኢሉ። ህዝብና ካብ ስደትን ውርደትን ክድሕን እቲ መሰረታዊ ፍታሕ ኣብ ሃገርና ዘሎ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ፈሪሱ ብፍትሓዊ ስርዓት ክትካእ ምዃኑ ገሊጹን ራኢን መንነትን ሰልፍና ኣላልዩ። ፍርያት ጻዕሩ ድማ ልዕሊ 75 መንእሰያት ብመትከላት ሰልፊ ዓጊቦም ኣባላት ኮይኖም ኣብ ፍትሓዊ ቃልስና እጃሞም ከበርክቱ ወሲኖም። እኖሆ ድማ ኣብ እስራኤል ናይ ሰልፍና ጨናፍር ቆይመን ብግዝያዊት ዞባ መሪሕነት ድሮ ስርሐን ጀሚረን።

ብዘይካ’ዚ ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ምስ ዝተፈላለያ ናይ ኤርትራውያን ማሕበራትን ምስ እስራኤላውያን ገበርቲ ሰናይን ተጣበቕቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰልን ተራኺቡ።

መግለጺ ሓው ትኩእ ብጽሞና ድሕሪ ምስማዕ ኣኼባ ንሕቶን መልስን ተኸፊቱ። ሓው ትኩእ ንኹሉ ዝቐረበሉ ሕቶታት ኣዕጋቢ መልስታት ሂቡሉ።

ኣባላት፡ ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ንዘርእዮ ተወፋይነትን ዘካየዶ ጽፉፍ ስራሕን ዘመዝገቦ ዓወታትን ብልቢ ኣመስጊኖም። ሰልፊ ኣብ ኩሉ ስደተኛ ህዝብና ብብዝሒ ዝርከቦ ቦታታት ተመሳሳሊ ዑደታት ከካይድ ተላብዮም። “ምንጪ ሓይሊ ሰልፍና ንሕና ኢና” ካብ ዝብል ተረድኦ ነዚ ኣብ ሓጺር ግዜ ዝተመዝገበ ዓቢ ዓወታት ብምድናቕ ብስም ስዉእትናን ኣብ ማእሰርቲ ምልኪ ኤርትራ ዝሳቐዩ ዘለዉ ብጾትናን ንድራር እዞም ክልተ መደብ ሰልፍና ዘዐወቱ ብጾትና ሓው ትኩእ ተስፋይን ሓውቲ ፈቨን ጊደዎንን ናብ ሳጹን ሰልፊ ዝኣቱ ብተበግሶ ኣባላት ናይ ገንዘብ ውጽኢት ወፈራ ክካየድ ተወሲኑ። ድሮ ድማ ብዙሓት ኣባላት ኣወፍዮም። እቲ ወፈያ ንኽቅጽል ድማ ሽማግለ ቆይማ።

ኣብ መደምደምታ መስርሕ ሓባራዊ ጉዕዞ ተቓወምቲ ሓይልታት ንምዕዋት ሰልፍና ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ጻዕርታትን ዘተታት በጺሑዎ ዘሎ ምዕባሌታትን ብዝምልከት ሓው ተስፋይ ደጊጋ ጽማቝ መግለጺ ሂቡ።

ኣባላት ብዝተዋህቦም መግለጺ ኣዝዮም ሕጉሳት ምዃኖምን ብሓፈሽኡ ኣብ ሰልፍና ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ካናዳ ዝርአ ዘሎ ምዕብልና ንኢዶም። ኣኼባ ፍናን ኣባላት ሓፍ ዘበለ ኮይኑ ተዛዚሙ።

  

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6 ጉንበት 2018

Reuters Staff

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan coastguard vessels intercepted more than 500 migrants on four inflatable boats on Monday off the country’s western coast and returned them to Libya, a spokesman said.

One boat carrying about 100 migrants was intercepted off the western city of Sabratha, about 70 km west of the capital, Tripoli, naval coastguard spokesman Ayoub Qassem said.

Another three boats with a total of more than 400 migrants on board were picked up off Garabulli, east of Tripoli.

The migrants were taken to one of several detention centers nominally under government control in Tripoli.

Libya is the main departure point for migrants trying to cross to Europe by sea, though the number making it to Italy has dropped sharply since last July after a major smuggling group in Sabratha halted departures before being defeated in clashes.

The EU and Italy are also supporting Libya’s coastguard to intercept more migrants, a policy criticized by activists who say they are being returned to inhumane conditions in Libya.

Some 6,660 migrants have crossed to Italy from Libya so far this year, more than 80 percent fewer than the same period in 2017, according to the Italian interior ministry.

 

Most are sub-Saharan Africans, though increasing numbers of North Africans have been trying to cross in recent months. Most of those on the boat intercepted off Sabratha on Monday were North African, including 18 Libyans, Qassem said.

Reporting by Ahmed Elumami; Editing by Aidan Lewis and James Dalgleish

 

ብቀዳም ዕለት 5 ግንቦት ኣባላት ጨንፈራት ሳን ሆዘን ኦክላንድን (በይ ኤርያ) ስሩዕ ኣኼባኦም ኣካይዶም። ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ.) ኣብ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ዘርእዮ ዘሎ ዕቤት ገምጊሞም።

ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ናብ ሃገር እስራኤል ምስ መንእሰያት ኤርትራውያንን እስራኤላውያን ተጣበቅቲ መሰላት ደቂ-ሰባት ዝገበሮ ምይይጥን ስምምዕን ንኢዶም። ነቶም ንህግደፍ ካብ ስሩ ንምጽራግ ምስ መስመር ህዝቢ ዝኾነ ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ. ተጸንቢሮም ክቃለሱ ዝወሰኑ መንእሰያት ኣገናዕ ኢሎም። ኣብ መጨረሻ ናይ መጻኢ መደባት መዝጊቦም ኣኼባ ተደምዲሙ።

መስመር ህዝቢ ኩሉ ግዜ ተዓዋታይ እዩ!

ኤርትራ ኣብ ትሕቲ ምምሕዳር ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ናይ ሕማቕ ተረእዮታት ቀዳመይቲ ተጠቃሲት ኣብነት ኮይና ከምዘላ ንኹልና ንጹር እዩ። ብዙሓት ካብ ዘጋታታ ናብ ዓዲ ጓና ዝተሰድዋ፡ ብዘይሕገመንግስቲ እትመሓደር፡ ናይ ምውዳብ መሰል ዘይተፍቅድ፡ ዝበዘሓ ኣብያተ-ማእሰርቲ ዘለዉዋ፡ ዋላ ሓንቲ ዘይመንግስታዊ ሚድያ ዘየብላ፡ መወዳእታኡ ዘይፍለጥ ግዱድ ዕስክርና እተተግብር፡ ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰላት ዘይተኽብር … ውዘተ ሃገር ንኣብነት ክጥቀስ እንከሎ ኤርትራ ካብ 1ይ ክሳብ 3ይ ደረጃ ከምዘይትሓልፍ ኩልና እንፈልጦ እዩ። ክሳብ ኣፍሪቃዊት ሰሜን ኮርያ ዝብል ሳጓ ዝተጠመቐት እያ። ናይዚ ጠንቂ ከኣ ንሕስያ ዘየብሉ ምምሕዳር ጉጅለ ህግደፍ እዩ። ስለዚ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኮነ ኢሉ ዝጭቁን ዘሎ ጠንቂ ስለ ዝኾነ ነዚ ግናይ ምስሊ ሃገርና ናብ ንቡር ክመልስ ኣይንጽበዮን ኢና። በዚ መሰረት ነዚ ተደዊኑ ዘሎ ምስሊ ሃገርና ናይ ምቕያር ሓላፍነት ኣባና ኣብ ሓይልታት ለውጢ ወዲቑ ዘሎ ዕማም እዩ።

ኤርትራውያን ከም ዜጋታት ዘመሳስሉ ኣለዉና። ዝፈላልዩ እውን ከምኡ። ደቂ’ዛ ልኡላዊትን ለዋህን ሃገር ምዃና ሓደ ዝገብረና መሰረታዊ ጉዳይ እዩ። ኩልና ሃገርና ክብራን ልኡላውነታን ተሓልዩ ክትምዕብል እንብህግ ምዃና ከኣ ካልእ ናይ ሓባርና እምነት እዩ። ማዕረማዕሪኡ ከኣ፡ መሰረታዊ መልክዕናን ምስጢር ሓያልነትናን ስለ ዝኾኑ ከነማዕብሎምን ክንሕብሕቦምን ዝግበኣናን ናይ ብዙሕነትና መርኣያ ፍልልያት ኣለዉና። ናይ ቋንቋ፡ እምነት፡ ብሄር፡ ባህልን መነባብሮን ፍልልያትና ናይዚ ኣብነት እዮም። ኣብቲ “ብዝሑነትና ዓቂብና ህዝብናን ሃገርናን ብኸመይ ካብዚ ዘለዉዎ ነናግፍ?” ብዝብል ነካይዶ ዘለና መስርሕ ቃልሲ ከኣ እንተኽኢልና ከነወግዶምን ኣዚና ከነጻብቦምን፡ እዚ እንተዘይክኢልና ከኣ ነቲ መሰረታዊ ናይ ሓድነትና መዳያት ክትንክፍን ንቀዳምነትና ብዘይዘርግን ኣገባብ ከነመሓድሮም ዝግበኣና ፍልልያት ከም ዘለዉና ካብ እንርዳእ ነዊሕ ግዜ ኮይኑ እዩ።

እዚ ነካይዶ ዘለና መሰረታዊ ለውጢ ናይ ምምጻእ መስርሕ ቃልሲ፡ ብዙሓት ንኡሳን ምዕራፋት ዝሓቘፈን ነፍሲ ወከፍ ምዕራፍ ከኣ ብኣገደስቲ ዛዕባ ዝቖመን እዩ። ኣብዞም ምዕራፋት ኮነ ንሳቶም ዝሓቑፍዎም ዛዕባታት ዝፈላልዩናን ዘሰማምዑናን ጉዳያት ኣለዉና። “ምዕቃብ ልኡላዊ ግዝኣት ኤርትራ፤ ምውዳቕ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍን ምልጋስ መሓውራት ጭቆናኡን፤ ድሕሪ ውድቐት ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብዝሓ ሰልፋዊ ስርዓት ዝሰረቱ ህዝባዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ምቛም፤ ግዝኣተ ሕግን ዲሞክራስያዊ መሰላትን መላእ ሓርነታትን ህዝቢ ምቕባል” ዝብሉ ሓሳባት ካብቶም ብሓላፍነታውን ርትዓውን ዓይኒ እንተመዚናዮም ከሰማምዑና ዝግበኦም ሓሳባት እዮም ዝብል ኣብ መጽናዕቲ ዝምርኮስ እምነት ኣለና። ስለዚ መጻኢና ብሩህ ቃልስና ከኣ ዕዉት ምእንቲ ክኸውን ነዞም ዘሰማምዑና ከነቐድም፡ ከነሕይልን ከነዕውትን ይግበኣና።

እዚ ማለት ግና ኣብቲ ዝፈላልየና ፈጺምና ኣይነድህብን ማለት ኣይኮነን። ናይዚ “ነቲ ዘሰማምዕና ዘይነቐድም” ዝብል ሓሳብ ካልእ ትርጉም ከኣ ቀዳምነታትና ኣብ ምስራዕ ክንበቅዕ ይግበና ዝብል እዩ። ኣካይዳና እቲ ዝቐጽል ዝጉምቲ ኣብ ርእሲ’ቲ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተነብረ መሰረት ተወሳኺ መበረኺ ዓቕሚ ዘንብር እምበር፡ ነቲ ነንዝጸንሐ ኣንዳፍረሰ ወትሩ ሓድሽ ዝድኩን ክኸውን ኣበኦን። ካብዚ ስርሕብትን ከድሕነና ዝኽእል ከኣ ኣብ ምስራዕ ቀዳምነታትና እነርእዮ ብቕዓትን ሓላፍነትን እዩ። ኣብዚ ሕጂ ሒዝናዮ ዘለና መስርሕ፡ ቀዳማይ ዕማምና ኣብቶም ኣቐዲሞም ዝተጠቕሱ ከሰማምዑና ዝኽእሉ ነጥብታት ኣትኪልካ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምውጋድ እዩ። ነዚ ዕማምዚ ቀዳምነት ሂብና እናዓየና ድማ ብዛዕባቲ ድሕሪኡ ዘሎ ምዕራፍ ዘለና ራኢ ንምእማት ኣይንሓስብን ማለት ኣይኮነን። ንኣብነት ሰዲህኤ ኣብ 2010 ዘዳለዎ ንድፊ መርሓ መሰጋገሪ ውጥን “ምቛም ናይ ሓጋጊነት ዝለዓለ ስልጣን ዝህልዎ መሰጋገሪ ባይቶ። ኣብ እዋን ምስግጋር፡ ናይ ሃገርና ሰላም፡ ርግኣትን ሃገራዊ ጸጥታን ዝዕቀበሉ ኣገባብ። ምስረታ፡ ዕማማትን፡ ስልጣንን፡ መስጋገሪ መንግስቲ። ሃገራዊ ምርጫን ምቛም ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፊታትን፣ ምንዳፍን ምጽዳቕን ንዕኦም ዝምልከቱ ሕጊታትን። ምጽዳቕ ሃገራዊ ቻርተር። ምዝታይን ምጽዳቕን መሰጋገሪ ቅዋም። ተወሰኽቲ፡ ከም ሃገራዊ ቁጠባ፡ ዝምድናታት ወጻኢ፡ ጉዳይ ዳግመ ውደባ ሰራዊት፣ ዝኣመሰሉ ነጥቢታት” ዝብሉ ጉዳያት ኣሚቱ ንረኽቦ።

ነዚ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተጠቕሰ ዕማማት ኣተግቢርና ኣብ ውጽኢት ክንበጽሕ ዓቕሚ ክንፈጥር ናይ ግድን እዩ። እዚ ዓቕሚዚ ከኣ ብመንገዲ ውዳበ ጥራይ እዩ ክፍጠር ዝኽእል። ውዳበ ሓይሊ ምዃኑ ከምዘየዳዲ፡ በዚ መስርሕ ውዳበ ሓሊፍካ ኣብ ውጽኢት ክትበጽሕ ሓጐጽገጽን ላዕልን ታሕትን ብዘይፍለዮ መሪር መስርሕ ምሕላፍን ከቢድ ዋጋ ምኽፋልን ከኣ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ውዳበ ኣብ ኣዝዩ ሓጺር ግዜ እሞ ድማ ብውሑድ ዋጋ ኣብቲ እትደልዮ ከብጸሓካ ምጽባይ ኣጸጋሚ እዩ። ብፍላይ ከኣ ንሓደ ሰልፊ ይኹን ውድብ ወይ ማሕበር ብማዕዶ ኮይንካ ምምዛኑ ኣጸጋሚ ስለ ዝኸውን ኣካሉ ኮይንካ ኣብ ውሽጡ ኣቲኻ ምቅላስ ኣድላይን ርትዓውን እዩ። ኣብቲ ውዱብ ቃልሲ ከተስልጥ ከኣ ኣታሓሳስባኻ ትስፉው፡ ቀዳማይ ቆላሕታኻ ከኣ ናብቲ ዘሰማምዕን ዘሳንን ዝቋመት ክኸውን ቅኑዕ መንገዲ እዩ።

 

by Martin Plaut

Source: Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat

RMMS East Africa and Yemen Monthly Summary

March 2018

Eritrean Refugees & Asylum seekers in the region

There are approximately 167,969 Eritrean refugees living in Ethiopia with 2,772 having arrived into Ethiopia in 2018 alone. 73,078 of the Eritrean refugees previously registered as living in camps have settled in urban areas. Eritrean refugees constitute 18.3% of the entire Ethiopian refugee population as at March 2018. In Somalia, there were 86 Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers by the end of March 2018 while in Kenya there were approximately 1,360 Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers by end of February 2018. Of the 1,360 refugees and asylum seekers, 95% are currently living in Nairobi. In South Sudan, there were approximately 1,472 registered Eritrean refugees at the end of March.

Refugees & IDPs

By end of March, there were 4,348 new South Sudanese refugee arrivals in Sudan bringing the total num-ber of arrivals in 2018 to 14,690. The main areas of settlement are East and South Darfur, West and South Kordofan, and West Nile. By end of March, East Darfur hosted 5,404 South Sudanese refu-gees, South Darfur 3,722, West Kordofan 3,227, South Kordofan 453 and White Nile 1,884 since the beginning of the year. Howev-er, the number of South Sudanese arriving into Sudan has de-creased across the first 3 months of the year with 5,770 having arrived in January, 4572 in February and 4,348 in March. UNHCR estimates that there are approximately 768,830 South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan with a majority of these having arrived after 2013. Twenty one percent of the South Sudanese refugee population were adults between 18 and 59 years, 13% between 5 and 11 years, 9% between 0 and 4 years, 8% between 12 and 17 years and 2% over 60 years of age. In South Sudan however, there are approximately 270,560 Sudanese refugees living in the country. UNICEF reports that there are approximately 2 million people internally displaced in Sudan with 960,000 of these being children & 468,475 being South Sudanese refugee children.

Political relations with Eritrea

In January’s monthly summary, RMMS noted that there were rising tensions between Sudan and Eritrea following the closure of the border with Eritrea allegedly due to the deployment of Egyptian troops to Asmara. However on 23 March, the Eritrean Ministry of Information accused the Sudanese government of helping set up an office for the followers of radical Islamic Cleric, Mohammed Jumma, in a secluded area to organize political and military activities with funding from the Qatari Embassy in Khartoum & logistical support from Sudanese Security and Intelligence Service. The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs later refuted these claims saying that its government is committed to its policy of good neighborliness and non-interference in internal affairs.

Arrivals into Italy

However, between January and March 2018, Eritreans comprised 25% of all arrivals into Italy via the Central Mediterranean Route. UNHCR reports that the numbers of Eritreans registered at disembarkation sites in Italy have increased from 577 to 1,552 in comparison to the same period in 2017 with 25% of the arrivals being women. The report also shows that more Eritrean women arrived into Italy in 2018 compared to the same period in 2017. According to UNHCR, Eritreans account for 4.7% of the total Mediterranean Sea arrivals from January to of March 2018 and 7.2% of arrivals along the Central Mediterranean Route. The number currently stands at 8,604 and is the highest number for migrants from the Horn of Africa region.

The Israel Situation

Last month, RMMS reported that an Is-raeli court ruled that Eritreans who deserted military service back home in search of refugee in Israel were granted asylum status following previous challenges in accessing asylum in Israel. Following this, the Israeli government signed a deal with UNHCR to resettle approximately 16,000 African asylum seekers (including Eritreans) in Western Countries - a deal that was later suspended by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, with reports claiming that the deal had angered members of his right-wing Likud Party