Reference Materials
Resources
Published items from reputable sources that provide detailed information about Eritrean refugees and the conditions and oppression that many citizens face inside Eritrea; and other helpful items.
CONCISE ADVOCACY MATERIALS FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS
2-Page Summary About Eritreans Eritrean Asylum Claims – Summary
Human Rights Have Not Improved in Eritrea Since the Rapprochement with Ethiopia – December 9, 2024
Punishment Upon Refoulement to Eritrea December 9, 2024
Deportation of Eritreans from the U.S. Announced in 2017
From U.S. Homeland Security 9/13/2017 The New York Times The Washington Post The Conversation
The TIGRAY WAR, Vol. 1: through June 30, 2021
The TIGRAY WAR, Vol. 2: July through December 2021
Eritrean Refugees and the War in Tigray: Summary, October 19, 2023
Human Rights – Government and U.N. Reports
On Refoulement to Eritrea
September, 2014
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UN Report on Eritrea of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. October, 2016
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The International Refugee Convention
The UNHCR’s Publication of the Convention
The U.N. Office of Human Rights’ Publication
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US House Subcommittee Hearing: Eritrea: A Neglected Regional Threat.
September 2016
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The Int. Convention Against Torture (CAT)
The U.N. Convention Against Torture
The U.S. Interpretation & Implementation of CAT
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U.S. Relations with Eritrea
March 2022
Fact Sheet from U.S. State Dept.
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UNHCR Guidelines for Assessing Eritrean Refugees’ Protection Needs
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DESPERATE JOURNEYS: Refugees Entering and Crossing Europe
February 2017
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EU Parliament Proposes, Adopts Resolution Aimed at Human Eights in Eritrea
July 10, 2017
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Congressional Hearing: Eritrea: Root Causes of the Refugee Crisis
April 18, 2018
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UN Report on Refugees in Ethiopia
The Report with current abuses in Eritrea highlighted by The America Team
January 2019
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UK Home Office: On Nat Service & Illegal Exit from Eritrea
September 2021
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US State Department — 2021 Human Rights Report on Eritrea
April 2022
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US State Department — 2023 Human Rights Report on Eritrea
May 2024
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Special Rapporteur’s Report on Eritrea
May 7, 2024
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Special Rapporteur Advance Edited 2018 Report
June 26, 2018
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UNHCR: Eritreans Flowing into Ethiopia and Registering as Refugees
October 5, 2018
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U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Eritrea Presents to the General Assembly — Video
U.N. Human rights Council
October 27, 2018
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Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea to the UN Human Rights Council
May 16, 2019
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Eritrea Must Free Political Prisoners and Low-risk Offenders to Reduce COVID-19 Threat in Crowded Jails
U.N. Office of Human Rights
April 2, 2020
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Asylum Research Centre: US State Dept. Reported Info, Year by Year
September 2021
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Special Rapporteur’s Presentation to the U.N. Human Rights Council with Witnesses [click on title to see video] March 6, 2023
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Special Rapporteur’s Report on Eritrea
May 9, 2023
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UN Human Rights Council Releases Extensive Study of Human Rights Practices in Eritrea
June 2015
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HARROWING JOURNEYS:
Children and youth moving across the Mediterranean Sea
Sept., 2017
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US State Department – 2018 Human Rights Report on Eritrea
February 2019
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U.S. Congress Sends Letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Opposing Forced Removal of Eritrean Nationals
August 1, 2019
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U.N.Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea (& Sri Lanka)
March 4, 2022
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Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity
U.N. News March 6, 2023
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UN Human Rights Council Releases Extensive Study of Human Rights Practices in Eritrea — June, 2016
COI Full Report 2016 — 94 Pages
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UK Upper Tribunal Court Rules that Eritreans Face Danger if Returned — October, 2016
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UN Expert Says More Arrests, Detentions after Elderly School Chief Dies in Custody
March 14, 2018
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European Asylum Support Office 2019 Report – Eritrea National Service, Exit and Return
September 2019
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U.N. Special Rapporteur — Human Rights in Eritrea
May 2021
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U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Eritrea Reports that Human Rights Violations in Eritrea Continue Unabated
VOA: March 4, 2022
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U.N. Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Eritrea
May 2022
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Totalitarianism Is Still With Us
by Steve Walker in The Atlantic
September 22, 2022
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Human Rights – NGO Reports
DYING TO REACH EUROPE: Eritreans in Search of Safety
Report by Doctors without Borders, February, 2017
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Europe Fails Refugees and Migrants in the Central Mediterranean
Report by Amnesty International
August 2018
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Eritrea: Repression Beyond Borders…Threats to Human Rights Defenders Abroad
Amnesty International
June 27, 2019
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About Sawa and the Abusive National Service
August 2019
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Eritrea in Review — 2019
Report by Amnesty International
April 2020
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Humanitarian Access Overview – Eritrea
Report by ACAPS — December 2022
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Letter from 35 NGOs Lays Out Many Cases of Abuses for U.N. Human Rights Council
Posting: Civil society letter on ERITREA – 17-May-2023
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Human Rights Watch Eritrea
2017 Country Report: Events of 2016
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The 2% Tax in Seven European Countries
Report from Tilburg School of Humanities – June 2017
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Reports on Eritrea to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights — April 2018:
Report by Amnesty International
Report by Reporters without Borders
Report by Human Rights Concern — Eritrea
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Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys on the Central Mediterranean Route to Italy
The Women’s Refugee Commission – March 2019
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Human Rights Watch Eritrea
2020 Country Report: Events of 2019 – English
2020 Country Report: Events of 2019 – Tigrinya
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The Participation of Eritrea in the Tigray War
The EU and Tilburg University
6 December 2021
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Human Rights Watch Eritrea
Carnegie Council: No Place for Eritreans
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Reporters Without Borders Ranks Eritrea Next to Last for Press Freedom, Just Above North Korea
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Human Rights Watch Eritrea
2018 Country Report: Events of 2017
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Freedom House
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Is Eritrea a Safe Country to which Asylum-Seekers Can be Returned?
Report: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea
May 2, 2019
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Ongoing Human Rights Abuses in Eritrea
Human Rights Concern – Eritrea
June 28 2019
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Eritrean Refugees Struggle After the Peace Agreement with Ethiopia
Danish Institute for International Studies
November 14, 2020
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Trafficking in Persons Report; Highlights Eritrea
January 5, 2023
National Service and State Structures in Eritrea as Reported by Dr. David Bozzini
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Updates and Details on Conditions Affecting the Eritrean Population
Human Rights Concern – Eritrea Report
January, 2017
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Human Rights Abuses of Eritreans, At Home and Abroad
Human Rights Watch Testimony – Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing Testimony
April 18, 2018
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Eritrea Tops List of Countries for Censorship
Committee to Protect Journalists
September 10, 2019
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Documentary: Escaping Eritrea
PBS – Frontline
May 4, 2021
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Eritrea: Crackdown on Draft Evaders’ Families
Human Rights Watch
February 9, 2023
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Human Rights Continue Unimproved in Eritrea Despite Rapprochement with Ethiopia – Asylum Seekers Should Not Be Forced to Return
America Team: References to Continuing Human Rights Abuses
December 9, 2024
Religious Freedom
At Least 150 Christians Arrested in Eritrea Clampdown
WorldWatch Monitor — August 23, 2019
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Religious Freedom Conditions in Eritrea
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U.S. State Department – Religious Freedom Report, Eritrea – 2021
June, 2022
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Crimes Against Christianity: ERITREA The North Korea of Africa
International Cristian Concern-Eritrea – Report – April 2024
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2020 Religious Freedom Report by the U.S. Department of State
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U.S. State Department Again Names Eritrea as Country of Particular Concern… for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, [and] egregious violations of religious freedom.”
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Eritrea — ANOTHER 100 CHRISTIANS DETAINED:
Release International: 17 November 2022
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Over 200 Christians including children jailed in Eritrea
Premier Christian News: 3 July 2024
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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom – 2019 Report on Eritrea
Annual Report – 2019 – Eritrea Only
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U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (member of the House sub-committee on Africa, etc.; and Co-Chair of the Lantos Human Rights Commission: Warns on Religious Freedom Violations.
Congressman Smith News Item — December, 2019
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Eritrea Frees Hundreds Of Christians
Vision Christian Media — 6 February 2024
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24 Jehovah’s Witnesses Arrested Sept. 27, 2024
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Crackdown on Eritrea’s Christians ahead of Independence Day
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Recommendations for Eritrea – A Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom – 2022
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Plea to Eritrea to Release Jailed Christians
Article – Christian Solidarity Worldwide – May 20, 2022
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Two Eritrean Christians Mark 7,000 days in Prison
Mission Network News — July 21, 2023
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In Israel
Eritreans in Israel Harassed by Pro-regime Spies
January 2016
Video: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea
Eritrean Oppression in Israel – May 2024 — Hotline for Refugees
Refugees Forgotten in Detention in Israel
Human Trafficking
Sinai Trafficking: Origin and Definition of a New Form of Human Trafficking: Article by van Reisen and Rijken
UNHCR-IOM 2014 Report on Human Trafficking in Sudan
Human Trafficking and Smuggling
on the Horn of Africa-Central
Mediterranean Route
February 2016
US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report
The Report with Eritrea Narrative Only
June 2019
Refugee Resettlement – USA
The refugee resettlement process outlined by the U.S. Department of State
Resettlement agencies utilized by the U.S. Department of State for resettling refugee immigrants in the USA
Documentary video, “Home Across Lands,” follows resettlement of refugees from Shimelba refugee camp to Rhode Island
Other Items
The ratified constitution of Eritrea never enacted by the present government
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Comprehensive Reference File on Eritrea Country Conditions
Conditions Affecting Asylum Seekers and Related Documentation
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European Union Parliament’s Resolution on Eritrea
March 2016
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UNHCR on Abuse of Migrants in Libya
December 2016
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Protection on the Move: Eritrean Refugee Flows through the Greater Horn of Africa
September 2016
Migration Policy Institute Report
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Face to Face with the Eritrean Exodus into Ethiopia: Refugees Who Have Made it to Safety in the South
March 2017
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America Team Graphic of Aspects Around Oppression in Eritrea
August 2016
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2-Page Brief on Eritrea and its Refugees — December, 2018
Eritrea – where ATMs are Unknown and Sim Cards are Like Gold Dust
BBC August 2019
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