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UNHCR reported number of asylum seeking Eritreans dropped by 28% in first half of 2007 Print E-mail
Written by Simon Stefanos   
Saturday, 03 November 2007
Acording to a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 21 September 2007 report, number of asylum seeking Eritreans dropped by 28%. The report is titled "Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, Second Quarter 2007". The report covers 31 European and 5 Non European Countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zeald and USA)

  2005 2006 2007
Q1 778 1,433 1,631
Q2 647 1,170 1,053
Q3 1,320 1,623  
Q4 1,232 2,093  

The way the organization came up with the drop figure is that it added all four quarters report for year 2006 and divided it by four and then it took half of it and compared to the total for the two quarterly report for 2007 and came up with the figure of 475.5 less Eritrean asylum applicants for the latest report.

In the first half of 2007 number of reported Eritrean asylum seekers in European countries and North America is as follows:

Australia 5
Belgium 12
Canada 64
France 34
Germany 159
Greece 15
ireland 49
Malta 85
Netherlands 57
Norway 213
Sweden
361
Switzerland 832
Switzerland 832
Uk 640
USA 143
Total 2344

In the same season (first quarter 2007) 1588 Nigerians, 3249 from the Russian Federation, 1868 from Turkey, 7309 Pakistanis applicants were reported.

When we compare this against global trends in asylum seekers we get a very good picture what this is all about.

In terms of percentile in increase, Pakistan 58%, Iraq 45%, Syria 43%, Sri Lank 14%, Somalia 13%, Mexico 12% more nationals asked for assylum from the six countries in the first six months of 2007 compared to six months average for the year 2006.

Canada and the USA reported 3,143 Ethiopians and 979 Eritreans reported for asylum from January 2005 to the end of June 2007. The data Excludes Italy for which no data is available.

Furthermore, when we check the report coming from international organizations mandated by the UN to follow and report on this issue the picture on Eritrean refugee status is no different from other countries. If anything else, considering the tension with Ethiopia and the economic hardship resulted from a protracted war of independence and after independence young men and women seeking asylum is not unique to Eritreans.

The Ethiopian government and its willing partners in the international news media for all we care, could keep on spewing disinformation campaign regarding Eritreans fleeing Eritrea.

The truth of the matter is what the ICRC or UNHCR are reporting is that more Ethiopians are in fact drowning in crossing the Red Sea to Yemen. This is not to say drowning of any human being, much less Ethiopians is any consolation to any Eritrean other than to highlight the dubious nature of news reporting of the region we are observing coming from news organizations serving governments with an ax to grind against the Eritrean government.

At the end of the day,no matter why and how Eritreans choose to leave their country for asylum elsewhere, their participation in the Eritrean military training will serve them well as it did for this writer.

View the Report (PDF Document)
>> ASYLUM LEVELS AND TRENDS IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES SECOND QUARTER 2007
Statistical Overview of Asylum Applications Lodged
in 31 European and 5 Non-European Countries

or >> Download here from Biddho.com (PDF Document)
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