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Sana’a. Airline official to deport Eritrean refugees stranded in airport

By Roberto Malini - Co-founder, EveryOne Group, Italy Rome/Sana'a - An airline official is arbitrarily trying to deport four Eritrean refugees who were stranded in the airport for a month. This is the first time Yemen has

By Roberto Malini – Co-founder, EveryOne Group, Italy

Rome/Sana’a – An airline official is arbitrarily trying to deport four Eritrean refugees who were stranded in the airport for a month. This is the first time Yemen has deported asylum seekers against their will.

EveryOne Group, Eritrean Concern, ICER and other Human Rights organizations are asking the UNHCR to condemn the action as strongly as possible and ask the Yemeni Government to stop the unjust deportation of fellow human beings to Eritrea. We are also asking the High Commissioner to exercise the necessary diplomatic pressure to ensure that similar events do not occur again in the future. The NGOs have also sent to the government of Yemen a condemnation of the action taken against the four Eritreans, pointing out that, if Yemen is not willing to accord the right of refugee status according to the 1951 UN Convention, to at least provide them the opportunity to travel to a nearby third country where they will be given  temporary refuge.

Below, the report we received, describing the dramatic event.

On Friday December 16th, 2011, four Eritrean asylum seekers were forced to board a Yemenia flight to Asmara by the Yemen authorities. The two Eritreans who escaped to Sudan went to Kenya, and from there via Sana’a to Istanbul. They tore up their documents in order to seek asylum in Istanbul, but were sent back to Sana’a and again to Istanbul back to Sana’a.  They had torn up their documents due to the bad situation and dictatorial regime in Eritrea. They had been at Sana’a International Airport for over a month.

The other two Etritreans – a man and a woman – arrived at Sana’a International Airport from Kenya last week.  They have stayed there in view of the fact that they have a fake visa to Chile. The UNHCR Sana’a office has been informed of the two Eritreans who came from Sudan, but, the agency has informed the Yemeni Government accordingly, but  has not been able to gain access from the government to see them.

The Eritrean Embassy in Sana’a has involved the Yemeni authorities, and a  member of the Yemeni  Airways staff, Abdelrahman, at  Sana’a Airport, has agreed with the embassy to deport them back to Eritrea.  He has become involved despite the fact that he is only an airliner employee.  It is not his duty, it is the responsibility of the Yemeni office of political security and immigration authorities. He has said that the first two Eritreans to arrive have been at the airport for a month and nobody had informed him. They have asked to see the embassy staff, but they refused to do that. The Yemeni political security and the UNHCR has called him to stop involuntarily this repatriation, but he said that the flight has already left, which is not true.  He has also been told that if Yemen will not accept them they could have a chance to be deported to other nearby countries.  However, he has refused to do that and he did it with cooperation of state security personnel at the airport.  He has no right to deport them back involuntarily, but, he could make them return to where they came from. They were threatened and forced on board.

Nobody knows their whereabouts and Yemen is responsible for their lives. Both the UNHCR Sana’a office and its partner,  the Yemen Government, are not treating the asylum seekers and refugees, who are now living in Sana’a, humanely.

Therefore, please contact and inform the relevant international organizations, Eritrean agencies, and NGOs.  Although this is the first time Yemen has deported asylum seekers unwillingly, we have to ensure this does not happen again in the future.

December 23, 2011

 

 

 

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24 COMMENTS
  • daniel December 23, 2011

    May Our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.

    • ahmed saleh December 23, 2011

      There is negative and positive reactions to every problem. In their situation I hope
      and pray the positive one overcome to the case.

  • Cicero-paradiso December 23, 2011

    Happy Holidays,
    Predictions for the Year 2012:
    Ethiopia will invade Eritrea on a pretext of an incident of “terrorism” and occupy the port of Assab sometime in 2012.
    I am not hoping for this to happen and I donot want this to happen. I want to see peace and better hope for the entire Horn of Africa. I am just saying this is a likely scenario. This is something that may happen.

    May it be a year of peace and justice in the Horn region.

    Cicero-paradiso

    • Cicero-paradiso December 23, 2011

      Can it make any difference if I rewrite it this way?

      Happy Holidays,
      Predictions for the Year 2012:
      Ethiopia may invade Eritrea on a pretext of an incident of “terrorism” and occupy the port of Assab sometime in 2012.

      • ahmed saleh December 23, 2011

        GET LOST MAN, I KNOW WHO ARE ALWAYS ACTING STUPID.

        • ahmed saleh December 23, 2011

          Pleas read as , ” who you are”.

      • Hameed December 25, 2011

        Through inspiring fear you want Eritreans to support your master. This is an exprired trick of uncivilized street boys.

      • Hameed December 25, 2011

        Cicero Paradiso

        Through inspiring fear you want Eritreans to support your master. This is an exprired trick of uncivilized street boys. The world develops but you are happy with your primitive mind productions. You own a crude set of mind and those behind you the worst.

    • Me@yahoo.com December 23, 2011

      Get a life.

  • Freeprisoners December 23, 2011

    What happen to the Italian people. Does the 4 Eritreans become heaver more than the 60million Italian and other people regugee? what is this problems in Itail? in my option, there are agents that made refugee life in danger by collaborating with either the HGDF or the Italian Mafia. Otherwise these 4 people can not be a danger to the people or heavery to the lands of Itail. I think that, i know in my opition that, Itail has higher democracy with a messed performances. The people who decide such action against these innocent Eritreas are self decision makers without the right court or solicitors. For this reason Itail made it a messed democracy which victime for innocent people in general.
    Itail people and the court of Imigration should excersise its decision and help these innocent victim Eritrean refugee.

    • habty December 24, 2011

      hey what has Italy to do with this? I think you’re confused. read carefully the article before you jumb to comment. it’s all about Yemen and Eritrean refugees.

  • Taddesse T Gebremussie December 23, 2011

    It is sad toher Yemen to diport 4 Eritreans do the Yemeni forget Eritrea was their bad time shilter.If Eritrea was not their shilter in the old days the people of Yemen & Saudi Arabia will not be today.queran tells them to be kind to the country to day Eritrea.Mohamed folewers where in today Massawa& Gahtelay in 670 A D. Again king SAUD the founder of Saudia was in ERITREA yemeni like Abahubesh ,ABAJOBAA,ABA MUSHMUSH thauthand Yemeni where in Eritrea over 100 year even the ded body of Yemeni & Saudi is in Eritrea .
    Today if Yemen & Saudi-Arebia are not shilterin Eritreans as niber like Ethiopia do in new Eritrea you will be responsible one Eritrean for1,000.life.

  • Taddesse T Gebremussie December 23, 2011

    Do you know why Eritreans saffer? we fight empty hand to compaier the Derg pawer with Eritrean liberation.Our people pray Liveration movment win.Derg dinay GOd he has 1,500,000 army 500 tank 5 squadron mig 21,23,29 fighters 70,000,000 people forsed to obey him USSR& other comenist countries Libya where suporting Derg.Our people prayer her THE GOD OF ABRAHAM[EBRAHIM] win the war miracluosly.Insted we thank our GOD people give thanks to the oposit Isayas take the credit of GOD.People start to prize Isayas.That is our mistake we are suffering for.Naw our people turn their face to the all mighty GODof Abraham we start to gain our power back to fight the power of darkness Eritreans please come back to your ansesters GOD he will do miracle again .Remember the profecy of Woldeab Woldemariam ,Liberty of Eritrea is given from THE ALL MIGHTY GOD who opose againest it will be severly panished. naw is the time Eritrean pray as the Dergi time you will see Isayas willgo like fog.

  • MEHRETU HABTE December 24, 2011

    I blame the Ethiopian govts. beggining Janhoy /Emperor Haile Sellassie..by “forcing” Eritrean students in Ethiopia to get pocket money from the govts, budget (right after the annexation ) & while our Italian Master only permitted us to study upto 4th grade ,the King made our people to go upto university ,complement of Ethiopian govt. And buying clothes to the peasants´kids ,if they go to school.Creating an atmospher that Eritreans can prosper in Addis Ababa & the rest of Ethiopia. ..continues..

    • Eritrawit December 24, 2011

      Mehretu.

      Look at you, why are u posting here you have noting to say about US. we defeted you. WE ERITREAN PPL. NOT THE GOVERNMENT. of course HGDF is your government not ours. BUT now we know who you are. please do us a favore don’t post here again thank you.

      • MEHRETU HABTE December 24, 2011

        You may have to go to a library, to understand satire .And the time I support the bandit PFDJ , I should be given to wolves. Do not make it personal . Try to communicate, I do not want others to judge you , for being too literal . I put my real name & my real opinion . And until Amanuel Iyassu forbids me I will give my opinion .

        Merry Christmas . God Bless you & all Eritreans .

  • MEHRETU HABTE December 24, 2011

    After that the Derg…..trying to pacify us by saying..”these are our people ..& not bandits “…providing us with coupons to buy sugar ,teff & other items ….when people come back from “banditry”…looked the other way.In school made sure that we do not fail , so that we do not join the fronts.And Weyane was the worst of all, by legitimizing our right to secede, bombarding us with cofee, sugar…& looking the other way when our govt. was depreciating the birr/qirshi,by illegally trading dollar /birrt from its´embassy & now accepting Eritrean refugee & sending them to university. IF THE ETHIOPIANS DO NOT STOP THEIR REPRE$SSION & EXPLOITATION , WE SHOULD START A FRESH WAR : GOD BLESS THE PFDJ , WE GOT THE LOVELY GOVT: WE DESERVRE !!!!

  • habty December 24, 2011

    zehzin yu mesakin america inatemenekum nebskum ab nay shaebia bet maeserti kitrekbuwa. amlak msakum ykum.

  • Eritrawit December 24, 2011

    Mehretu
    Why the saracastic posting here –so what Ethiopia did this did that. why don’t you get
    Ethiopian citezen. we are here tryng to fix things , if we can and learn from each other. why the put downs/blittlings i’m tired of u . and ” GOD BLESS THE PFDj” ? are u kidding me. you are just terreble.

    • MEHRETU HABTE December 24, 2011

      It is called satire , & it is a powerful political weapon.I have canadian & US citzenship.I was trying for people to see broadly. Because, our problem is ,”WE BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS US “. It does not mean I do not recall with pain, the Janhoy TOR SERAWIT did to our people in METAHIT.And, the Derg after continuous provocation ,killed innocent people.ETHIOPIA SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS AN ENEMY ,FOR ERITREANS´SAKE…Thanks for the Ethiopian citzenship, but, I do not think Ethiopia would want ,an Eritrean reject like me. DO NOT USE PFDJ´S TACTICS ,INSTEAD OF ATTACKING THE MESSENGER , ATTACK THE MESSAGE. I AM ERITREAN ,BUT , I DO NOT HAVE “herd mentality !!! merry Christmas

      • Eritrewit December 26, 2011

        Mehretu,
        Merry x-mas to you too,
        but you sound more worried about Ethiopia/Ethiopians than your own country and ppl. like all others we have our faults/mishaps, it becoms personal when i don’t see you posting any encouragents, only put downs. thanks.

  • hannah December 24, 2011

    Yemen stop deporting Eritreans to the dictator.

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