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Two young Eritreans wait to board a ferry at Samos Island, Greece. Growing numbers of Eritreans are seeking asylum in Europe.

The Eritrean children who cross borders and deserts alone

27 July 2017

Meet three Eritrean children trying to reach Europe. Stranded in Cairo, they must decide whether to risk the next leg of the journey north

News

Egypt boat disaster shines light on new migration trend
10 October 2016
More than 200 people died when a boat capsized in the Mediterranean last month. It was no coincidence most were Egyptian.
Feature

For Eritreans, Egypt is the new route to Europe
6 June 2016
As Libya becomes increasingly dangerous, more and more Eritreans are trying to reach Europe via Egypt.

Pay now to protect 1 billion people from coastal floods
16 May 2016 Maps and Graphics
Off the cliff
1 August 2015 Maps and Graphics
Secrecy in Sinai - an unknown human toll
10 July 2015 Analysis

Analysis

New deal for Middle East's displaced?
10 June 2015
Conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen are leading to unprecedented numbers of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Middle East and North Africa, and...
Analysis

The Boko Haram/IS alliance
10 March 2015
Nigeria’s insurgent group Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad (People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad), better known as Boko Haram, has...
Analysis

Egyptians in Libya - to flee or to stay?
27 February 2015
The roundabouts in the Libyan capital of Tripoli have long been a place for Egyptians to find work. Every day, carpenters, builders, plumbers and decorators...
Analysis

Does celebrity advocacy actually work?
13 February 2015
This week was a fanfare for celebrity humanitarians: Forest Whitaker appealed for peace in South Sudan alongside UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos; Angelina...
Feature

ICC and Palestine - a long way to go
19 January 2015
On 16 January, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, announced it had opened a preliminary examination into possible war crimes committed in the occupied...
Feature

HIV warning for Middle East
1 December 2014
Rates of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are rising faster in the Middle East and North Africa than anywhere else globally. As the world...

Outrage over UAE's new terror list
18 November 2014 News
An ambitious plan to end statelessness
7 November 2014 Analysis
Lessons to be learned from the MERS outbreak
27 August 2014 Analysis
Egypt’s rural poor watching Sisi’s policies
11 August 2014 Analysis
Gaza running out of medical supplies, as Israeli bombing continues
14 July 2014 News
Improved mental health care for refugees in Israel
14 May 2014 Feature

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