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ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ናብ ፕረሲደንት ኮሚሽን ኣውሮጳ፡ ኣቶ ጃን ካላውድ ዩንከር፡ ኣብ ዝጸሓፎ መዘክር፡ ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ ንህይወት ናይ'ቶም ኣብ ገማግም ኣውሮጳ ዝጥሕሉ ዘለዉ ስደተኛታት ከድሕን ደጊሙ ኣዘኻኺሩ።

ኣቦ መንበር ሰዲህኤ፡ ኣቶ መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም፡ ናብ ፕረሲደንት ኣውሮጳዊ ኮሚሽን ኣብ ዝለኣኾ መዘክር "ኣብ'ዚ ሰሙን'ዚ ኣብ'ቲ ገማግም ባሕርኹም ኣብ ማእከላይ ባሕሪ ዘጓናፈ ንላምፓዱዛ ዝመሳሰል ዳግማይ ህልቂት ኣብ ሓዘን ኢና ዘለና እሞ፡ ተኻፈልቲ ሓዘና ኩኑ" ኢሉ።

ቅዳሕ ናይ'ዚ መዘክር፡ ናብ ወይዘሮ ፈደሪካ ሞገሪኒ፡ ላዕለወይቲ ኮሚሽነር ናይ ወጻእን ጸጥታዊ ጕዳያት ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ፤ ኣቶ ዶናልድ ታስክ፡ ፕረሲደንት ባይቶ ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ፤ ኣቶ ማርቲን ሹልትስ፡ ፕረሲደንት ኣውሮጳዊ ፓርላማ፤ ከምኡ'ውን፡ ናብ 28 ቀወምቲ ልኡኻት ናይ ኣባላት ሃገራት ኣውሮጳ ተላኢኹ። ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ፡ እቲ መዘክር፡ ንዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ምድጋፍ ነቲ ሽግር ንምፍታሕ ዘይኰነስ፡ ነቲ ዲክታቶር ግርም ኣለኻ ምባል ኢዩ ዝቝጸር ዝብል ነቐፌታ ወይ መልእኽቲ ዝሓዘለ ኢዩ ነይሩ።

In a memorandum addressed to Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) once more urged the regional body to save refugee lives from drowning in the immediate shores of Europe.

The EPDP Chairman, Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom, asked the EU Commission President to “join us in mourning yet another tragedy, another Lampedusa that occurred this week in the Mediterranean Sea – your sea”.

Copied also to Ms Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the Council of EU; Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, as well as to Permanent Missions of 28 EU Member States, the EPDP memo of 17 April 2015 also urged the European organization no to go ahead with its intention of rewarding the dictatorship in Eritrea because doing so will not solve the problem. Printed below is the full text of the memorandum.

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Your Excellency Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker,

I, the undersigned chairman of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), an organization in exile struggling for democratic change in Eritrea, am addressing this message to Your Excellency, with copies to your close work colleagues, to ask you to join us in mourning yet another tragedy, another Lampedusa, that occurred this week in the Mediterranean Sea – your sea - claiming over 400 lives. And as usual, many of them were from my distressed country, Eritrea.

Mr. Juncker,

Eritrea has become a human disaster and a situation similar to what is going on in Syria and other war-torn regions of the world. As you very well know, the cause of human displacement and suffering in Eritrea is not an ongoing war but the total absence of the rule of law and respect to human rights.

This week and in recent years, the vast majority of victims in the Mediterranean Sea were not “migrants” but genuine asylum seekers fleeing humanly intolerable situations in Eritrea, Somalia, Syria and a few other places. And needless to say, they are people who deserve protection until the situation that forced them to escape from home is changed to the better. Unfortunately, Sir, the EU is not responding appropriately to the plight of refugees. Instead, it joins others to describe asylum seekers from Eritrea, Syrian, Somalia and similar hard hit regions as “migrants” and wrongly believes that the death of many more of them will stop others from taking the risk. .

Dear Sir,

This memorandum aims to once again call upon your esteemed office to review the EU policy of not actively engaging in saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, we request the EU

To kindly come with a meaningful operation like the now defunct Mare Nostrum to save lives.

We also believe that EU must launch a major support programme for Eritrean refugees with package programme in the Horn of Africa. As explained many times to the EU, this programme can provide academic education, skill training and scholarships and prepare young and disadvantaged Eritreans for a better future in post-dictatorship Eritrea. It can be financed mainly by the technical assistance funds suspended for over a decade by many countries because of the Asmara regime’s bad human rights record.

Your Excellency,

Allow me also to take this opportunity to reiterate our utter disappointment about the intended EU support to the incorrigible regime in Asmara that failed the EU and all well intentioned donors in the past several years. The money EU is intending to give to the regime will not stop the suffering of Eritreans, and their flight will continue until a positive change is realized in the country. We, therefore, ask the EU to reconsider and drop its intention of rewarding the dictatorship in Eritrea for its appalling human rights record as attested by experts of the UN Human Rights Council.

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A UNHCR staff member watches as people rescued from the Mediterranean disembark from an Italian Coastguard vessel at Palermo, Sicily, this morning.

GENEVA, April 14 (UNHCR)–The UN refugee agency on Tuesday renewed its call for stepped up rescue operations in the Mediterranean after the Italian Coastguard saved some 8,500 migrants and refugees trying to cross the high seas by irregular routes to Europe from North Africa.

Those rescued since last Friday included an estimated 3,000 people in four boats and 16 dinghies rescued on Monday. At the same time, at least nine people are known to have drowned. These figures are provisional and could rise, as not all the boats have disembarked yet and some are still on their way towards various ports in southern Italy.

The coastguard often requests merchant ships to take part in search-and-rescue operations if all other vessels are being used. On Monday, seven ships travelling towards Libya were asked to help boats in distress and to take those rescued to Sicily. UNHCR has also called for a compensation scheme to alleviate the costs of rescue operations for commercial vessels.

Among those arriving at Palermo early Tuesday was 30-year-old Gebre from Eritrea, who said his boat left Tripoli three days earlier carrying about 400 people. "It was dark and so crowded I could not even move," he said. "After the first night of travel, the boat started taking on water; I have never been so scared. I felt helpless and terrified. Luckily, the Italian Coastguard came shortly after and rescued us all."

Aali, a 21-year-old Libyan from Sirte, said he fled after his brother was killed and his food shop torched by militants. The war changed everything," he said, adding: "Was there really an alternative to this dangerous sea journey?"

UNHCR praised the commitment shown by the Italian authorities in rescuing people in need on the high seas, before renewing an appeal for stepped up rescue efforts and the urgent establishment of a robust European search-and-rescue operation.

This year's toll of dead and missing in the Mediterranean Sea is now well over 500, a number which is 30 times higher than the same period of 2014. These figures show that not enough resources are being used to address the population flows and that, without proper search, rescue and monitoring operations at sea, many more people will die trying to reach safety in Europe.

UNHCR is also calling for legal, safe alternatives for those fleeing conflict and persecution, so that they are not forced to attempt the crossing to Europe by sea.

In the Gulf of Yemen, meanwhile, refugees continue to arrive in Djibouti and Somalia from Yemen, with a total of 1,260 people arriving by boat to both countries over the past two weeks.

All those arriving in Djibouti were Yemeni nationals, aside from three Syrians. The latest new arrivals have fled the intense violence in Aden, whereas earlier waves came mostly from Bab el-Mandeb.

In Djibouti, refugees are registered and receive medical checks and vaccinations before being transferred to a new camp under construction at Markazi, which has 70 tents in place so far.

A total of 915 people, including 156 Yemenis, have arrived across the Gulf of Aden, in Somaliland and Puntland. Recent arrivals to Bossaso port in Puntland have departed from Al Mukalla port in Yemen, and included women and children who arrived extremely thirsty and asking for water.

One woman was heavily pregnant and taken to the Bossaso health centre to deliver her baby. Recent arrivals to Berbera port in Somaliland left Mukha port in Yemen, with other ports closed. The refugees said they paid US$50 per person and that many more people were waiting to depart.

UNHCR and its partners are making contingency plans to receive up to 30,000 refugees in Djibouti and 100,000 in Somalia over the next six months

Inside Yemen, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate as conflict spreads. Eighteen out of 22 governorates are now affected by conflict. "Many of the 250,000 mainly Somali refugees in Yemen are also affected by the conflict and we continue to see an increase in people moving from urban areas around Aden to the Kharaz refugee camp, hosting 18,000 people," a spokesperson said.

Meanwhile boats also continue to arrive on the Yemen coast. Last Sunday, 251 people (mainly Ethiopians, but also Somalis) arrived at Mayfa'a. UNHCR partners and staff are registering new arrivals.

Source= http://www.unhcr.org/552d26569.html

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብተግባራቱ ተስፋ ስለ ዝቖረጸ፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ካብ ልቡ ካብ ዘውጸኦን እምነቱ ኣብ ልዕሊኡ ካብ ዘልዕልን ነዊሕ ግዜ ኮይኑ እዩ። ናይዚ ዘይምትእምማን መንቀሊ ናይቲ ጉጅለ ጥልመትን ኣብ ብዙሕ ጉዳያት ከምቲ ዝብሎ ኮይኑ ዘይምቕራብን እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ዝፈጸሞ ጥልመታት፡ ብሓፈሻኡ ጸጋታት ነጻነት ኤርትራ ብምጭዋይ ዝግለጽ ኮይኑ፡ ዝርዝሩ ነዊሕ እዩ። ንኤርትራ ከም ታይዋን ከነህብትማ ኢና፡ ብመንገዲ ጥሙር ሕርሻ ክንህብትም ኢና፡ ብሕገመንግስቲ ዝምራሕ መንግስቲ ክንምስርት ኢና፡ ውተሃደራዊ ኣገልግሎት 18 ኣዋርሕ ጥራይ ክኸውን እዩ፡ እንደጋና ሓድሽ ሕገመንግስቲ ክንነድፍ ኢና፡ ኣብ ጥሪ 2015 ኮይኑ ድሕሪ 3 ኣዋርሕ ተኣምራዊ ዕቤት ከነርኢ ኢና … ወዘተ ካብቶም ብዙሓት ዘይተተግበሩ መብጸዓታት ህግደፍ ውሑዳት እዮም።

ምስዚ ኩሉ እቲ ጉጀለ ሓንሳብ ዓይኑ ብጨው ተሓጺቡ ኣብ ናይ ምትላል ዓለም ክነብር ዝወሰነ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ እነሆ ሎሚ ድማ ነቲ ብሰንኩ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝወርድ ዘሎ ሓሳረመከራን ጥልመትን ዋሕዚ ናብ ስደትን ብሰንኩ ምዃኑ ሓቢኡ፡ መንቀሊ ናይቲ ስደት ፍትወት ነብስን ህርፋን ሃብትን እዩ ኢሉ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም የታልል ኣሎ። እዚ ጉጅለ ከምቲ ካልእ ግፍዕታት ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ምስ መለአ ናብ ደገ ዝፈስስ ሕማቕ ተግባራቱ፡ ነዚ ምትላልዚ’ውን ኣብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዩ ጀሚርዎ። ነቲ ንኩነታት ብዓይኑ ዝርኢ ዘሎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ’ኳ ንግዜኡ እንተኾነ እውን ከታልል ዝኸኣለ፡ ካብ ኤርትራ ርሒቖም ንዘለዉን እቲ ምረት ከም ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘየሳሕዮምን ወገናት ንምትላል ድሕር ከምዘይብል ከዓ ንዕዘቦ ኣለና። እዚ ጉጅለ በብግዜኡ ንምትላል ዘቕርቦም ሓሶታት ዝተፈላለዩ ኮይኖም፡ ኣብዚ ቀረባ እዋን ድማ ነቲ ዝተበገሰሉ ሕግታት ጥሒሱ ደረት ንዘየብሉ ግዜ ከካይዶ ዝጸንሐ ወተሃደራዊ ኣገልግሎት ናብቲ ግቡእ ግዜኡ 18 ኣዋርሕ ክመልሶ እየ ክብል ጀሚሩ ኣሎ። ናይቲ ሽግር መንቀሊ ንሱ ጥራይ ከም ዝኾነ ብምምሳል። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ፡ ነቶም ብሰንኪ ናቱ ወጽዓን በደልን ናብ ስደት ዝኸዱ እሞ ክወጹ እንከለዉ ኣብ ዝተረኽብዎ ንክርሸኑ ዝፈረዶምን ንሓንሳብ ሓተላ ንሓንሳብ ድማ ግለት ክብሎም ዝጸንሐ ዜጋታት “ናብ ሃገሮም እንተተመሊሶም ኣይትንክፎንም እየ” ክብል እውን ይስማዕ ኣሎ። እቲ ዘገርም ከዓ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ናብ ኣስመራ ገይሹ ንዝነበረ ናይ ሃገረ ኢጣልያ ልኡኽ ኣብዘን ዝመጻ ዘለዋ ካብ 3 ክሳብ 5 ዓመታት መስርሕ ደሞክራሲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ከም ዝተኣታቱ ከም ዝገለጸሉ ኣብ ዜናዊ ማዕከናት ኣንቢብናን ሰሚዕናን። እዚ ኣብ ቅድሚ እቲ ብዘይትግበር መብጸዓታት ዝላደየ ኣእምሮ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ቦታ ከምዘይህልዎ ከሎ ጋና ርዱእ እዩ።

ከምቲ “ክሰርቀኒ ዝረኣኹዎ ክመልሰለይ ኣይኣምኖን” ዝበሃል ህዝቢ ኤርትራ በዚ ናይ’ዚ ጉጅለ ሃተፍተፍ ዝርስርስ ልቢ የብሉን። ምናልባት ግና ንውሽጢ እንዳነበዐ ንደገ ይስሕቕ ይኸውን። እንተኾነ ከምዚ ኣብ ሓደሓደ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ ክቀላቐል ንዕዘቦ ዘለና፡ ገለ ኣብ ቀረባ ዝጸንሑ ናይቲ ጉጅለ ተማጻደቕቲ ወገናት ብዚ ሓሶቱ ሰንከልከል ይብሉ ይኾኑ። ምናልባት እውን በዚ ተሰናቢዶም ጅቦኦም ዝኸፍትሉ መንግስታት ኣይሰኣኑን ይኾኑ። እነሆ’ኳ ናይ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ 312 ሚልዮን ዩሮ ናይ ምሃብ ድንዕምንዕ። እዞም ወገናት እዚኣቶም ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝሃብካ እንተሃብካዮ ቆርጢሙ ዝድቅስ እምበር ካብዚ ሒዝዎ ዘሎ ናይ ጥፍኣት መንገዲ ተመሊሱ መንገዲ ደሓን ንክሕዝ ባህርያቱ ከም ዘይፈቕደሉ ተረደኦኦም ካባና ንላዕሊ እንተዘይኮይኑ ንታሕቲ ከምዘይከውን ምግማቱ ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ንሳቶም እውን በብደረጃኡ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ግዚያት ናይቲ ጉጅለ ግዳያት ዝኾንሉ ተመኩሮ ስለ ዘለዎም። እዞም ወገናት ካብ ዓለም ለኻዊ ሕግታትን ሰብእውነትን ነቒሎም፡ እቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ በቲ ጉጀለ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ግፍዕታት’ኳ ዘሻቕሎም እንተኾነ፡ ክንድቲ ንሕና እንህቦ ክብደት እንተዘይሃብዎ ግን ዘገርም ኣይኮነን። ዘይኤርትራዊ ወገናት ነዚ ተረኽቦ ከምቲ ካልእ ዛዕባ ካብ ነናይገዛእ ርእሶም ድሕነትን ረብሓን ክርእይዎ ባህርያዊ እዩ። ስለዚ ናይቲ ጉጅለ ጸረ ህዝብን ሃገርን ባህርያት ዘይጽገን ምዃኑ እንዳፈለጡ፡ ምእንቲ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ተቐቢሎም ከየመሓድሩ፡ በዚ ናይ ህግደፍን ዘይትግበር ቃልን ተኸዊሎም ንዓኣቶም ዘዋጸኦም ክውስኑ እንተፈተኑ ዘገርም ኣይኮነን።

ቅድሚ ሕጂ ካብቲ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍን ምዕራባውያን ትካላትን ከሰሓሕቦም ዝጸነሐ ጉዳያት ሓደ፡ ንሳቶም ኣብ ኤርትራ ብናታቶም ተቖጻጻርነት ኣብ ናይ ልምዓትን መሳለጥያታትን ትካላት ከነውፍር ክብሉ እንከለዉ እቲ ጉጅለ ግና “እቲ ገንዘብ ንዓና ሃቡና ባዕልና ክንሰርሓሉ” ብዝብል ምንባሩ ዘይንርሰዖ እዩ። እዞም ለገስቲ ንናይቲ ጉጅለ ሓሳብ ክቃወሙ ዝጸንሕሉ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት ከዓ እቲ ጉጅለ ነቲ ዝወሃቦ ኣብቲ በሓቲ ስልጣኑ ዘደልድል እምበር ኣብ ህዝቢ ዝርበሓሉ መዓላ ኣይከውዕሎን እዩ ዝብል ጥርጠራ ምንባሩ ፍሉጥ እዩ። እነሆ ከዓ ሎሚ ዋሕዚ ስደት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ ዕቑባ ብምሃብ ዘይኮነስ ኣብ ሃገሮም ናይ ስራሕ ዕድል ብምፍጣር እዩ ክዕገት ዝከኣል ዝብል ምስ ናይቲ ጉጅለ ርኢቶን ህርፋንን ዘሳኒ ዝመስል ሓሳብ ይቀላቐል ኣሎ። እዚ ድማ እቲ ጉጅለ ክጽበዮ ዝጸንሓን ሚልዮናት ዩሮ ክሓቐፈሉ ሃንቀው ዝብለሉ ዘሎን እዩ። እቲ ጉጅለ እቲ ዝወሃቦ ገንዘብ ነቲ ዝተባህሎ መዓላ ከየውዕሎ ከዓ ዕደ። እተን ሃገራት እውን ናይ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ሓላፍነት ካብ ምስካም ኣተሃድማ ዕቡያት ንምህዳም እንተዘይኮይኑ ሕዱር ሕማም ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ከም ዘይሓወየ እኳ ደኣ ከም ዝገደዶ ይጠፍአን ማለት ኣይኮነን።

እዚ ከም ሓድሽ ዝቀላቐል ዘሎ ንጉጀለ ህግደፍ ኣጸባቢቕካ ናይ ምቕራቡ ጉዳይ ናባና ማለት ብሓፈሻ ናብ ኤርትርውያን ብፍላይ ድማ ናብ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ዘመሓላልፎ ረዚን መልእኽቲ ኣለዎ። ነዚ ተግባራተን ንቕበሎዶ ኣይንቕበሎን ሕራይ ከም ዘይንቕበሎስ ርዱእ እዩ። ክንድቲ ዘይምቕባልናዶ ንክይትግበር ንሰርሓሉ ኣለና ግና መልሱ ኣይፋልናን እዩ። ገለ ሃገራት ብኸምዚ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተገልጸ ምስቲ ጉጅለ ጉጅም ክብላን ብዛዕባ ምጽጋኑ ክሓስባ ጀሚረን ዘለዋን ናይቲ ጉጅለ ባህርያት ጠፊእወን ዘይኮነስ፡ ነቶም መተካእታ ክንከውን ዝግበናን ሃሰስ ኢለን ስለ ዝሰኣናና ምዃነን ዋላ ቅር እንዳበለና ክንቅበሎ ዝግበኣና ተረኽቦ እዩ። ስለዚ ካልእ ተተረፈ ኣብቲ ኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ መድረኽ ክንረአ ናብ እንኽእለሉ ደረጃ ክንበጽሕ ኣብ ቅድሜና ዘሎ ብደሆ እዩ። እዚ ድማ ብድኽመትን ተነጽሎን ናይቲ ጉጅለ ዘይኮነስ ብናትና ፋሕተርተር ጥራይ ዝረጋገጽ እዩ። ነዚ ዘብቅዕ ዓቕሚ ምፍጣር ቀሊል ከምዘይኮነ ርዱእ ኮይኑ፡ እታ ዝርካባ ዓቕምናኸ ኣብ ምንታይ ነውዕላ ከም ዘለና ንሕሰብ። ነዚ ንክትበቅዕ ዝርካቡ ዓቕምኻ ምእካብ ወሳኒ ምዃኑ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ክሳብ ክንደይ ንምቅርራብን ሓቢርካ ምስራሕን ዋጋ ንህብ ኣለና ድማ ንሕሰብ። ብመንጽር እቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ዘውርዶ ዘሎ በደል ህጹጽነት ምውጋድ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ልዑል ምዃኑ ብሩህ እዩ። እንተኾነ እዚ ኣቐዲምና ዝገለጽናዮ ናይ ዝተወሰኑ ወገናት ምልስላስ ዕድመ እቲ ጉጅለ ኣብ ስልጣንን ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ዘውርዶ በደልን ከም ዘናወሕከ ንሓስበሉዶ ኣለና። ዝተወሰኑ ኣብ ምኽባር ደሞክራስያውን ሰብኣውን መሰላት ዝነጥፉ ኤርትራውያንን ብዛዕባዚ ዞናና ዓሚቕ ፖለቲካዊ ኣፍልጦ ዘለዎም ዘይኤርትራውያን ግዱሳት ምሁራትን ነዚ ገለ ወገናት ንህግደፍ ክጽግኑ ዘካይድዎ ዘለዉ ፈተነታት ብምቅዋም ብ1 ማዝያ 2015 ዘውጽእዎ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ዘተባብዕ ኮይኑ፡ ናትና ድምጺ እንተኾነ ካብኡ ክብ ብዝበለ ካብኡ ሓሊፉ ማዕሪኡ ክስማዕ ዘይምኽኣሉ ከዓ ዘሕፍር እዩ’ሞ ግቡእ ኣቓልቦ ንግበረሉ።

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