Under the current 28-year old dictatorship of Isaias Afeworki, Eritrea is singled out to be the only sovereign state lacking many fundamental elements, like a constitution, that are vital to every country.  Only to cite another example, Eritrea does not yet have a population census – a simple count of its own people.

UN estimates usually show the current population of the country to be about six million. However, the regime in Asmara prefers to keep silence although at certain occasions gives much lower population estimates designed to serve its own wicked calculations.

On the other hand, the number of Eritreans forced to live outside home has been growing every year since the Eritrean refugee phenomenon started with a sizable number 28,600 refugees who fled to the Sudan in February-March 1967.

UN and other humanitarian agencies and concerned countries have been providing figures of Eritrean refugees, usually only of new refugee caseloads. Other than that, no serious attempt has been made until recently to assess the number of Eritreans who are outside home, mainly because of Eritrean’s unending political problems. Many of them have fled Eritrea because of repressions inflicted by the Ethiopian governments of Emperor Haile Selassie (1952-1975); Colonel Menghistu Hailemariam (1975-1991), and other Eritreans fled the country trying to escape the cruelties of one-man dictatorship of Isaias Afework since independence nearly three decades ago.

In an informative 26-page pamphlet published this summer by the Social Affairs Office of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), it is estimated that the number of Eritreans in exile/diaspora   is at least 2,000,000. This number includes Eritrean asylum seekers, political refugees, and Eritreans naturalized by host countries.

Assessments show that most of the exiled Eritreans are hosted by about 40 countries of the world. It is also reasonable to assume that Eritreans are found almost in over 90% of the countries of the globe.

Undisclosed 1997 estimates of the Eritrean regime released by Awate.com showed that people of Eritrean origin who lived in the Sudan at that time (including refugees denied return back home by the Eritrean regime) totaled about half a million while those living in Ethiopia were given at about 450,000.

Today, it is believed that about 1.4 million Eritreans live exiled in the Greater Horn of Africa region alone. The estimates include old refugee caseloads in the Sudan (total of 850,000); Ethiopia (over half a million including existing/recent 270,000 refugees), and many in Djibouti and Kenya.

Other places where Eritreans are found in big concentrations include North America (about 200,000); Italy (125,000); Germany (80,000); Sweden (50,000 – updated figure);  UK (40,000); Switzerland (39,000); Israel (35,000); the Netherlands (25,000); Norway (20,000); Australia (6,000); Denmark and Finland (each 4,000); France and Belgium (each 3,000)… and many other places like Saud Arabia, Kuwait etc in the Middle East and like Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Libya and Egypt in the African continent.

These are sad figures of the sad Eritrean saga. One for sure needed to know where Eritreans are forcibly dispersed in big concentrations.

Thanks to the EPDP pamphlet now made public (initially in Tigrigna language), readers will know more than the figures quoted above. The paper, among other things, introduces readers to the meaning of the word refugee in UN parlance; the key reasons as to why Eritreans had been and  are still being forced to flee home during so many decades, and the abuses and injustices they have been subjected to both at home and in different places of exile. 

The refugee camp of Hitsats (110,000) south of Shimelba camp in Northern Ethiopia.

The Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) on 23 July appealed to the UNHCR and the Government of Egypt to help release five Eritrean refugees detained following a protest demonstration in Cairo on Sunday, 21 July 2019.

Addressed to UNHCR Commissioner Filippo Grandi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the message expressed deep concern about the unjustifiable detention of five Eritrean refugees following a peaceful demonstration criticizing certain wrong practices of the UN office in Cairo.

Eritrean sources in Cairo informed that the Egyptian authorities detained up to 40 of the demonstrators but released them although the state security apparatus later called back and detained five of the released demonstrators. Their arrest was based on false claims obtained from agents of the Eritrean embassy and certain Egyptian UN staff..

 The detainees were expected to appear in court on 23 or 24 July without any defense lawyers. It is feared that the Egyptian authorities could cooperate with the repressive regime in Asmara and forcibly extradite these activist refugees  back to Eritrea.

The memorandum noted that, if sent back to Eritrea, they will face risks to their lives. It therefore concluded: “we in the EPDP, an Eritrean opposition organization in exile, are strongly appealing to UNHCR and the Government of Egypt to kindly intervene in this urgent matter and save the lives of these five Eritrean refugees now detained on framed up allegations.”

ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰደህኤ

ባይቶ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ብ23 ሰነ 2017 ኣብ መዛዘሚ መበል 35 ኣኼባኡ ወ/ሮ ሸይላ ኪታሩዝ ኩነታት ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኣብ ኢርትራ ምክትታለን ክቕጽላ ወሲኑ። እቲ ባይቶ ነዚ ዝወሰነ ነቲ ኣካል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝኾነ ትካል ብሓያል ተገዳስነት፡ “ሜላዊ፡ ሰፊሕን ጃምላውን ግህሰትን ጥሕሰትን ሰብኣዊ መሰል” ብዝብል ዝኾነኖ  ብመንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝተፈጸመን ዝፍጸም ዘሎን ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ንምክትታል እዩ።

እዚ ሓድሽ ኩነነ ባይቶ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ልዕሊ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት፡ ነቲ ብመንግስቲ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ “ ቀጻሊ ኮነ ኢልካ ምእሳር፡ ምስዋር ከምኡ እውን ሕሱም ህይወት ኣብ ኣብያተ-ማእሰርቲ” ክብል ገሊጽዎ። ኣተሓሒዙ ድማ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቡ ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎ በደል፡ ብውሕዱ ካብቲ ብባይቶ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ዝቐረበሉ 92 ለበዋታት ዝተወሰነ ከተግብር ሓቲቱ።

ብዘይካዚ እዚ መበል 35 ኣኼባ ባይቶ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ነቲ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ብመርማሪ ኮሚሽን ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝተነጸረ፡ ናይ ጥርጡራት መንነትን ብጥንቃቐ ዝቐረበ ተዛማድን ኣብ መጻኢ ተሓታትነት ኣብ ምንጻር ዝሕግዝን ሓበሬታን  ብግቡእ ኣስተብሂልሉ። ምስዚ ከኣ ወ/ሮ ሸይላ ኪታሩዝ ምክትታል ኩነታት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ኣሕይለን ክቕጽላ ሓቲትወን።

ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ክሳብ ሕጂ ከምዘይሰርሐ ብምጥቃስ፡ ባይቶ ሰብእዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ተቕላላ ጉባአ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ንጻብጻን ናይ ቃል መብርህን መርማሪ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ፡ ኣድላይ ስጉምቲ ንክወስዳ ናብ ዝምልከተን ኣካላት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ከቕርቦ ሓቲቱ።

ካብዚ ሓሊፉ እቲ ባይቶ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ኣብ ጉዳይ ኤርትራ ናብ ምንጻር እቶም ተሓተትን ናብ ፍትሒ ምቕራቦምን ዝዓለመ ምጽራይ ብምክያድ እቲ ብመርማሪ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ዝተነጸረ ኣብ ግብሪ ዝውዕለሉ ስጉምቲ ንክወስድ ዳግማይ ኣተባቢዕዎ።

እዚ ናይ ሎሚ ዘበን ውሳነ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ እታ ሴፍ ሕጂ እውን ኣብ ክሳድ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቅን ኣብ ልዕሊ እታ ካብ ኣፍሪቃ ቀንዲ ጨቋኒት ዝተባህለት ጸባብ ጉጅለኡን ከም ዘላ ዘመልክት እዩ።

ንሕና፡ ባይቶ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ኮሎራዶ ንፍትሒ፡  ንሃገራዊ ስኒትና ዝዓናቕፉ ጉዳያት ክንፈትሕ፡ ቀጻሊ ሰሚናራት  ከነካይድ ተበጊስና።  ባይቶ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ኮሎራዶ  ኣካል ናይ`ተን ድሮ ብደረጃ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ተጠራኒፈን ዝነጥፋ ዘለዋ ዓሰርተ-ሰለስተ ከተማታት እያ። ዕላማና፡ ኤርትራ ካብ ጥፍኣት ድሒና፡ ቅዋማዊት ሃገር ንክትከውን ቀጻሊ ጻዕሪታት ምክያድ`ዩ።

ኤርትራውያን ተቐማጦ ኮሎራዶ፡  ሚያዝያ 26  2015  ኣብ ዝጅመር ሰሚናር፡ ኣብነታዊ መርኣያ ክኸውን ኩሉ ምድላዋት ክንገብር ኣገዳሲ ምዃኑ ኣሚና፡  ክሳብ ቅዋማዊት ኤርትራ እትህነጽ  ጻዕሪታትና ቀጻሊ እዩ።

በዚ ኣጋጣሚ`ዚ፡ ኩለን ከተማታት ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ፡ ኣብ ከከተመአን ነዚ ንቕሎታት`ዚ ደጊፈን፡ ክብገሳን፡ ብደረጃ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ሰፊሕ ጎስጓስ ክግበራን ነተባብዕ።

ጸዋዒትና ንኩሎም ኤርትራውያን፡

1. ኩሎም ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ፡ ተመሳሳሊ ተበግሶ ክወስዱ፣
2. ብደረጃ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ብህጹጽ ንምግባእ፡ ኩሉ  ዘድሊ ምስንዳኣት ክትግበር፣

መፍትሒ ሽግራትና ተጋቢእና ምልዛብ እዩ!

ኩሉ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብናን ሃገርናን ዝወርድ ዘሎ ስቓይ ይኣክል!

ለውጢ፡ ብተሳትፎ ናይ ነፍሲ-ወከፍና እዩ ዝረጋገጽ!

መዓስ? ... ሕጂ!!!!

ሽማግለታት ሰሚናር

ባይቶ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ኮሎራዶ ንፍትሒ

  03/30/2015