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ብዕለት 20 ጥሪ 2018 ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ናይ ምሉእ ኣባላት ዞባ ኣኼባ ኣአንጊዱ። እዚ ኣስታት 60 ኣባል ዝተሳተፎ ኣኼባ ኣብዘን ዝስዕባ ኣጀንዳ ተመያይጡ፤

1. ህልዊ ኵነታት ስልፍናን ደንበ ተቃውሞን ዞና ሃገርናን

2. መደብ ሕደሳ ሰልፊ

3. ኣገባብ ኣከያይዳ ህጹጽ ጉባኤ

ሓው ተስፋይ ደጊጋ ኣባል ፈጻሚ ኣካልን ሓላፊ ውደባዊ ቤት ጽሕፈትን ንህልዊ ኵነታት ስልፍና ብድቀት ተንቲኑ ገሊጹ። ብስም ስልፍና ኣብ መስከረም ነት ዝወጸ ኣዋጅን መልሲ ኣቦ መንበር ስልፍን ኣብሪሁ። ቀጺሉ ሓፈሻዊ ህይወት ተቃውሞን ኵነታት ሃገርናን ገሊጺ።

ሓው ፍስሃየ ሓጎስ ኣባል ፈጻሚ ኣካልን ሓላፊ ማሕበራዊ ጉዳያት ቤት ጽሕፈትን ብወገኑ ንመደብ ሕደሳ ሰልፊ ብደቂቅ ኣብሪሁ። ሕደሳ ሰልፊ ካብ ኣባላት ባይቶን ፈጻሚ ኣካልን ዝቆመ 11 ዝኣባላቱ ኮሚሽን እዩ ኢሉ ምስ ኣባላት ኣላሊይዎ። ዕላምኡ ኸኣ ንሓያልን ድኽመትን ጐንታት ስልፊ መሚዩ ንዕቤትን ዓወትን ዝኣመቱ ቅድታት ምትግባር እዩ ኢሉ ገሊጹ።

ሓው ገረዝግሄር ተወልደ ኣቦ መንበር ኣምራጺት ሽማግለ ብወገኑ ኣገባብ ጉባኤ ኣብሪሁ። ንዝቀረቡ ሕጹያት’ውን ብኣኼበኛ ምጽዳቆም ኣረጋጊጹ።

ኣኼባ ኣስታት 20 ዝኽኑ ሓደስቲ ኣባላት መንእሰያት ካብ ካናዳ ዘኣንገደ እዩ ነይሩ። ንባህሊ ኣኼባ ብጣዕሚ ንኢዶም። ኣኸበኛታት ንዝቀረበ ትሕዝቶ ኣኼባ ኣመጒሶም። መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ዝውስዶ ዘሎ ኣንፈት ናይ ዓወት ጕዕዞ ምዃኑ ኣስሚርሉ። ንዝኾነ ኣብ ስልፍና ዝቀንዐ ብድሆታትን ሽርሕታትን ክምህ ከምዘይብል ኣረጋጊጹ። ብስም ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ መስከረም ነት ዝወጸ ዓጀውጀው  ብተበግሶ መሰረታት ኣብ ሕርሲ ከይበጽሐ ዘቈልዐ ጥንሲ እዩ ኢልዎ። ህዝቢውን ሕረሕራይ ገሩ መንነቶም ይፍለጦም።

ዓወት መተካእታ የልብሉን!

ምምሕዳር ቤት ጽሕፈት ጉዳያት መንእሰያት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ትማሊ ሓሙስ ዕለት 18 ጥሪ 2018 4ይ ምዱብ ኣኼባኡ ብምክያድ፣ ኣብ ኣገድስትን ኣዋናውያንን ዛዕባታት ዘትዮም። ኣባላት ምምሕዳር ቀዳምነት ሂቦም  ብዕምቆት ዝዘተዩሉ ኣርእስቲ፣ መቀጸልታ ናይቲ ዝሓለፈ 3ይ ምዱብ ኣኼባ ኮይኑ፣ ንቅሓትን ተረደኦን ሰፊሕ ህዝብና ክብ ኣቢልካ፣ ዜጋታት ኣብ ጉዳይ ህዝቦምን ሃገሮምን ኣብ ክንዲ ተዓዘብቲ ቀንዲ ተዋሳእቲ ከምዝኾኑ፣ ናይ ሓድነትን ስምረትን ባይታ ፈጢሮም ሓቢሮም ከምዝቃለሱን ንምግባር ዘብቅዕ ሃዋህው ምፍጣር ዝብል እዩ። ቤት ጽሕፈት ጉዳያት መንእሰያት ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምስ ኩሎም ካልኦት ኣብያተ ጽሕፈታትን ትካላትን ሰልፊ ብምትሕግጋዝ፣ ነዚ መደብዚ ክውን ንምግባር ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ናይ ምድላዋት ጻዕርታት በጺሕዎ ዘሎ ደረጃ ድማ ሓደ ብሓደ ሪእዩን ገምጊሙን። ሊዕሊ 90 % ምእታዊት ናይቲ ዘድሊ ምድላዋት ተሰላሲሉ ከምዘሎ ድማ መዚኑ። እቲ ምድላዋት ዘተኣማምን ምዃኑ ድሕሪ ምርግጋጽ ድማ፣ እቲ ፓልቶካዊ ናይ ኣስተምህሮን ዘተን መደብ ኣብ ምጅማር ወርሒ ለካቲት 2018 ክፍልም ከምዝኽእል ወሲኖም።

ብምቅጻል ኣባላት ምምሕዳር ቤት ጽሕፈት ጉዳያት መንእሰያት ሰልፊ ኣብ ሓድነት ሰልፊ ዝረእ ዘሎ ናይ ውሑዳት ጉጅለ ዘሕዝን ናይ ምፍንጫል ስጉምትን ኣገባቡን ብምምይያጥ ሪቶታት ድሕሪ ምልውዋጥ፣ ናይ ሓባር ሚዛን ኣቀሚጦምሉ። ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ጽባሕ ሓዲሽ ዓመት ብስራት ዓወትን፣ ሓድነትን፣ ስምረትን ክሰምዕ ዝነበሮኳ እንተኾነ፣ ንናይ ሓሳባት ፍልልያት ኣብ ክንዲ ብልዝብን ብሕግን ዝፈትሕ ብምፍንጫል ናይ ምፍታሕ ባህሪ ዝሳዕረረ ፖለቲካዊ ባህሪ ግን ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣንጻር ትጽቢቱ ዳግማይ ምፍንጫል ከበስሮ ምኽኣሉ ንማን ዘነይት ከምዘይኮነ ተገምጊሙ። ዝኾነ ዝፍንጨል ኣካል ኮነ ሓዲሽ ፖለቲካዊ ማሕበር ዝምስርትውን፣ ቀንዲ ዕላምኡ ንመላኺ ስርዓት ኣስመራ ኣሊኻ ህዝቢ ምድሓንን ደሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ምትካልን እምበር ምቓልስቱ ንዝጸንሓ ኣካል ንምድኻም ክኸውን ከምዘይብሉ ኣተሓሳሲቡ።

ኣብ መወዳእታውን፣ ዝኾነ ኣባልን ኣካልን ናይ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እየ ዝብል፣ ንሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብቲ ሓቀኛን ትካላዊ መስመርን ተኸቲሉ ካብ ጌጋታቱ ብምእራም፣ ካብ ድኽመታቱ ድማ ዓቅሚ ዘፍቀዶ ኣበርክቶ ብምግባር እዩ ንሰልፊ ከቅንዕን ከዐውትን ዝኽእል እምበር ብምፍንጫል ከምዘይኮነ ኣገንዚቡ።

ዓወት ንፍትሓውን ደሞክራስያውን ቃልስና!

ሰላምን ቅሳነትን ንህዝብና!

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) በቲ መንግስቲ ሆላንድ ብ17 ጥሪ 2018 ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራዊ ኣፈጻሚ ጉዳይ ዝተወስደ ስጉምቲ  ምስጋናኡ ገሊጹ። እቲ ኣፈጻሚ ጉዳይ ኤምባሲ ካብ ሆላንድ ንክስጎግ ዝተወሰኖ ብሰንክቲ ዲፕሎማስያዊ ሕጊ ጥሒሱ ኣብታ ሃገር ካብ ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን ናይ ኣታዊኦም 2% ቀረጽ ከኽፍል ዝፈጥሮ ብዝነበረ በደልን ካልእ ዘይሕጋዊ ተግባራትን እዩ።

እቲ ብ18 ጥሪ 2018 ናብ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትሪ ሆላንድ ዝተላእከ መልእኽቲ ሰዲህኤ፡ ናይታ ሃገር ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስተር ሃልበ ዚጅስተራ ነቲ ብስም ሰልፍን ኩሎም ተመሳሳሊ ስጉምቲ ዝጽበዩ ኤርትራውያንን ናብ መንግስቲ ሆላንድ ዝተላእከ ሰላምታ ከመሓላልፍሉ ሓቲቱ። ኣተሓሒዙ ድማ ኣብ ልዕሊ ወጻዒ መንግቲ ኤርትራን ኣብ መላእ ዓለም ካብ ኤርትራውያን 2%  ኣገዳዲ ግብሪ የኽፍሉ  ዘለዉ ኣካላቱን ተመሳሳሊ  ስጉምትታት ክውሰድ ዘለዎ ተስፋ ገሊጹ።

መልእኽቲ ሰዲህኤ ምስዚ ብምትሕሓዝ፡ በቲ ካብ ነዊሕ ግዜ ትጽቢት ዝተገብረሉ ኣብ ልዕሊቲ ኤርትራዊ ጉዳይ ኣፈጻሚ ኣቶ ተኸስተ ገብረመድህን  ብዝተወስደ ስጉምቲ ብስም እቶም ነዚ ስጉምቲ ክጽበዩ ዝጸንሑ፡ ቅሳነት ከም ዝተሰመዖ ገሊጹ። ብመንጽር እዚ ነቲ ተግባር “ዓብይ ስጉምቲ ንቕድሚት” እዩ ኢሉ፡ ካለኦት ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ ነዚ ስጉምቲ ክም ኣብነት ወሲድን ክስዕበኦ ዘለዎ ትጽቢት ገሊጹ

እቲ መልእኽቲ ኣተሓሒዙ ንግስነት ሆላንድ መንግስቲ ኣስመራ ዘይሕጋውን  ካብ ሃገሩ ወጻኢ’ውን ዘይሕጋውነት ከስፋሕፍሕ ዝሰርሕን ምዃኑ ኣዘኻኺሩ። ብመንጽር እዚ ናይ ሆላንድ ፓርላማ፡ ናይ ፍርዲ ኣካላትን ካቢነትን ንግጉይ ኣሰራርሓ ኣካላት መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ንምቁጽጻር ክሰርሕዎ ዝጸንሑ ኣብነታዊ ምዃኑ ኣስፊሩ። ብመንጽር እዚ ኣብ ልዕሊቲ ዓመጸኛ ዝተወስደ ስጉምቲ ዓብይ ስጉምቲ ንቕድሚት እዩ ኢሉ።

The Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) sent a message of gratitude to Holland for its Government's action on 17 January rendering the Eritrean Charge d'Affaires in the Hague persona non grata for his continued abusive practices related to collection of the illegal 2% tax and threats to Eritreans in performing its illicit collections.

The EPDP message, addressed to Dutch Foreign Ministry in the early hours of 18 January 2018, request Foreign Minister Halbe Zijstra to kindly convey  to the people and Government of Holland the gratitude and salutations of the  EPDP  sent on behalf of its rank and file and "many suffering Eritreans who are waiting similar and, hopefully also more stern, measures against the abusive regime and its agents who continue to extort 2% taxes and other illegal collections from Eritreans around the globe". 

The EPDP message further expressed "heartfelt delight and sigh of relief" on behalf of many for this long awaited action against the Eritrean Embassy Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Tekeste Ghebre-Medhin. It terms the measure "a great step forward" and hoped that the rest of Europe and others "will emulate this appropriate example".

The message added: "As the Kingdom of the Netherlands knows it well, the regime in Asmara is lawless and constantly works to spread its lawlessness beyond its territory.  What the Dutch Parliament, your judiciary system and the Dutch Cabinet have been doing to check the abuses of the agents of the Eritrean regime were always commendable. And now, this action against the abusive Charge D'Affaires is a great step forward."

ብሰንኪ’ቲ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ካብ ስደተኛታትን ትውልዲ ኤርትራውያንን ዘካይዶ ብዘይሕጋዊ ኣገባብ ዝእክቦ ናይ “ዳያስፖራ ግብሪ” (2%) ዝተፈጥረ ዲፕሎማስያዊ ምስሕሓብ፡  ናይ ኤምባሲ ኤርትራ ዝለዓለ ተጸዋዒ (charge d'affaires) ካብ ሆላንድ ክባረር ካቢነ ሆላንድ ወሲኑ።

“ብሰንኪ’ቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ሆላንድ ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ን2% ግብሪ ምኽፋል ዝምልከት ቀጻሊ ምፍርራሕን ምግዳድን ከም ሳዕቤኑ ዝተኸስተ ማሕበራውን ፖለቲካውን ዘይቅሱን ኵነታትን፡ ካቢነ ሆላንድ ንመንግስቲ ኤርትራ ሓያል መልእኽቲ ከመሓላልፈሉ ተገዲዱ ኢዩ” ኢሉ፡ ኣቶ ሃልበ ሲልስትራ፡ ሓላፊ ወጻኢ ጕዳያት ሆላንድ።

ሚንስተር ወጻኢ ጕዳያት ሆላንድ፡ ኣቶ ሃልበ ስልስትራ

ስለ’ዚ፡ ኣቶ ተኸስተ ገብረመድህን ዘሙይ፡ ላዕለዋይ ተጸዋዒ ኤምባሲ ኤርትራ፡ ካብ ሆላንድ ክወጽእ ከምዝተወሰነ፡ ሚኒስተር ወጻኢ ጕዳያት፡ ኣቶ ሲልስትራ ንፓርላማ ሆላንድ ሓቢሩ።

ኣቶ ተኸስተ፡ ብዛዕባ’ዚ ውሳኔ’ዚ፡ ውግዓዊ መልእኽቲ ከምዝተዋህቦ፡ እቲ ሚኒስተር ድሕሪ ምሕባር፣ ከም’ዚ ዝኣመሰለ ስጕምቲ ኣብ ሆላንድ ሳሕቲ ኢዩ ዝውሰድ ኢሉ።

እዚ ስጕምቲ’ዚ ዝውሰድ ዘሎ ድሕር’ቲ መንግስቲ ሆላንድ ንኣምባሳደር ኤርትራ ኣብ ብራሰልስ ጸዊዑ፡ ብዛዕባ’ቲ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ዘይሕጋዊ ኣጋባብ ኣተኣኻኽባ 2% ግብሪ መጠንቀቕታ ምሃቡ ምዃኑ ዝዝከር ኢዩ። መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ድማ፡ ንኣሰራርሓኡ ምቕያሩ ዘመልክት ዝዀነ ይኹን ስጕምቲ ኣይወሰደን።

እዚ ስጕምቲ’ዚ ግን ምዕጻው ኤምባሲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ሀግ ማለት ኣይኰነን ኢኡ እቲ ሆላንዳዊ በዓል ስልጣን።

ኣብ ዝሓለፉ ቀረባ ዓመታት ሆላንድ ካብ ዝተቐበለቶም ዝበዝሑ ስደተኛታት ሱርያውያን ከይኖም ድሕሪኦም ከኣ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኢዮም ።

ኣቶ መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ኣቦመንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ኣገዳስነቱ ብምርኣይ፡ ነቲ ኣብ መርበብ ሓበሬታ መስከረም ብ12 ጥሪ 2018 “መግለጺ ሰዲህኤ” ብዝብል ዝውጸ  መግለጺ ዝምልከት “መንዩ  ውድብ”  ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ኣብ ዝብል  ህዝቢ ንከየጋጊ መብርሂ ኣውጺኡ።

እቲ ብ15 ጥሪ 2018 ዝወጸ ሓጺርን ንጹርን መግለጺ ኣቦመንበር ሰዲህኤ፡  ኣብቲ ህዝቢ ከይደናገር  ዝሃቦ መብርሂ እቲ ኣብ መስከረም ዝወጸ መግለጽን ዋናታቱን ብስም ሰዲህኤ ክዛራቡን ዝኾነ ስጉምቲ ክወስዱን ዝኾነይኹን ሕጋውነት ከምዘየብሎም ኣነጺሩ።

ኣቶ መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ኣብዚ መብርሂኡ፡ ኤርትራውያን ኣንጻር ጥሕስት ዲሞክራስያዊ መስርሕን ውሳነታትን ክቖሙን  ጥሕሰት ርዱእ ስነምግባርን ሕጋዊ ቀጥዕን ክቃወሙን ጸዊዑ።

Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom, Chairman of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), found it appropriate to inform the public about a misleading post in Meskerem.net on 12 January 2018 under the title of "EPDP statement", presented  in a manner that left the general reader further confused about who-is-who in the Eritrean opposition camp.

EPDP Chairman's statement, dated 15 January 2018, therefore, wished the general public to be informed of a few simple facts about the Meskerem.net posting and its owners who possessed "no grain of legitimacy to act and speak in the name of EPDP".

Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom also called upon Eritrean compatriots "to stand in defense of democratic processes and decisions and at all times condemn this kind of behavior that  breaches known moral and legal standards."

Printed below is the full text of the EPDP Chairman's clarification statement.

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On 12 January 2018, we read in Meskerem.net a writing headed "a statement by the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP)".

EPDP [as everybody knows] is the one political organization that adopts its visions, objectives, programmes and constitutions and elects and removes its leaderships at  its regular congresses. At its second congress of July 2015, the EPDP has adopted its current political and organizational programmes and democratically elected 33  Central Council  members and four reserve members. However, out of these elected 37 leadership members, only 5 (five) persons have left the EPDP by resigning from their elected posts and some by joining the splinter group that has issued the so-called "statement" of 12 January.

Therefore, EPDP is intact and in good shape with its full leadership (well over two-thirds), and all its institutions functioning normally: its treasury's departments under control; information institutions including its website, regional radio stations and publications thriving as ever before; organizational office with its zonal and branch formations carrying out duties well and its international/diplomatic relations people performing also normally.

The self-appointed elements who issued the said statement possess no grain of legitimacy to act and speak in the name of the EPDP, but, unfortunately, their futile action can only leave our diaspora people further confused. Needless to say, the EPDP has nothing to do with the theatrics of this group and shall not be responsible for its acts. 

The EPDP also wishes to make known to the public that the listed names [of 7] in Meskerem.net, in concert with a tiny group of supporters mainly from the North America zone, have repeatedly attempted in the past to create distraction in the party but failed. The final resolve of this people [7], most of whom were not even elected in the last party congress, is to split from the party. At this moment, nothing can be said about their so-called  "21 central council members" because nothing has been disclosed about them.

[It is obvious that] the EPDP cannot deny to any individual or a groupie to leave the party of its own volition and form its own party with its own name. However, the EPDP strongly opposes any illegitimate group to use and act in its name.

It is also appropriate to call upon our compatriots to stand in defense of democratic processes and decisions and at all times condemn this kind of behavior that  breaches known moral and legal standards.

Fragmentation is not the path to success!!

Menghesteab Asmerom, Chairman, EPDP

15 January, 2018

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ አርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ብ15 ጥሪ 2018 ብዘቕረቦ ተሪር ምሕጽንታ፡ ኮሚሽን ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ነቶም ኣብ እስራኤል ዘለዉ እሞ ናብ ዝኸድዎ ዘየብሎም 30 ሺሕ ዝኾኑ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ብዝምልከት ዓለም ለኻዊ ፍታሕ ንክገብረሎም ተማሕጺኑ።

ነቶም ካብ ኤርትራ፡ ዳርፎርን ካልእ ሓደገኛ ከባብን ዝመጹ ስደተኛታት ኣብ ዝምልከት ከምቲ ዝረአ ዘሎ እስራኤ ግቡኣ ክትገብር ምርዳኣ እንተዘይተኻኢሉ፡ ናይቲ ዝተረፈ ኣካላት ሰብኣውነት ሓላፍነትን ግቡእን ምዃኑ እቲ ናይ ሰዲህኤ መዘክር ገሊጹ።

እቲ ብኣድራሻ ወይዘሮ ፈደሪካ ሞገሪኒ፡ ናይ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ላዕለወይቲ ተወካሊት ወጻኢ ጉዳያትን ጸጥታዊ ፖሊስን ዝተለእከ መዘክር ሰዲህኤ፡ ኣብቲ እስራኤል ዓለም ለኻዊ ውዕላት ጥሒሳ ንስደተኛታት ካብ ግዝኣታ ደፊእ ንምውጻእ  እትወስዶ ዘላ ስጉምቲ ብናይ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ስቕታ ከም ዝገረሞ ጠቒሱ፡

ናይቲ መልእኽቲ ቅዳሕ ናብ ኮሚሽነር ሕኣን ሓላፊ ላኮጉስሕመን እዩ ተላኢኹ

እቲ መግለጺ ኣተሓሒዙ፡ እስራኤል ኣብ 1951 ናይቲ ንስደተኛ ዝምልከት ውዕል  ነዳፊትን ቀዳመይቲ ፈራሚት ሃገርን  ክነሳ፡ ከም ዓለም ለኻዊ ሰነድ ትርጉሙ  ኣጸቢቓ ክትርደኦ መተገበኣ። ብመንጽር እዚ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣብ እስራኤል ዘይሕጋውያን ክበሃሉ ኣይመተገብኦምን ክብል እውን ኣስፊሩ።

መግለጺ ሰዲህኤ ከምቲ እስራኤል ትሰርሓሉ ዘላ ስደተኛታት ናብ ከም ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ክርከቡ እንከለወ ብዛዕባ ዘጋጥሞም ሓደጋ ብግቡእ ከም ዝርዳእ ሓቢሩ። በዚ መንጽር ምስቲ እስራኤል ዓለም ለኻዊ ሕግን ስምምዓትን ብምጥሓስ እትወስዶ ስጉምቲ’ውን ከም ዘይሰማማዕ ኣስፊሩ።

እቲ ናብ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ዝቐረበ ስምዕታ፡ እንተላይ ናብ ኮሚሽነር ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣቶ ፊሊፖ ግራንዲን ናብ ኮሚሽን ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ኣቶ ሙሳን ፋኪ ማሃማትን ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባን ተላኢኹ እዩ።

In a strongly-worded appeal dated 15 January 2018, the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) asked the Commission of the European Union to kindly consider a global solution for about 30,000 Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel because "Eritreans have nowhere to go".

The memorandum stressed that asylum seekers from dangerous places like Eritrea and Darfur "deserved to be considered as the responsibility of the rest of humanity if the international system fails to persuade  Israel  that it cannot treat asylum seekers in the way it is doing it". 

Addressed to Ms Federica Mogherini, the EU Commission High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the EPDP statement expressed total dismay at EU's silence on Israel's decision to push those asylum seekers out of its territory in total disregard  of international conventions on refugee rights.

Copies of the message were sent to the AU Commissioner and UNHCR Chief.

The statement further noted that Israel, which was one of the active drafters of the 1951 Refugee Convention and the first nation to sign it, should better know the definition of the term "refugee" in the international document, and that Eritrean asylum seekers should in no way be  mistaken for  "illegal migrants" or "infiltrators."

The EPDP statement also contained the party's conviction about future dangers that can follow the ongoing policies of appeasement "to suppressive dictatorships like the one in Eritrea" and indifference to actions of "apparently discriminatory governments like the one in Israel" that are left to easily flout  international conventions and obligations.

This appeal to the European Union Commission was also copied to UNHCR chief, Mr. Filippo Grandi, and to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat in Addis Ababa.