The Eritrean government has strongly remonstrated with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, over what it said was forced resettlement of its citizens stranded in Libya. Asmara contends that the UNHCR’s decision to send Eritreans to a Niger camp under a third-country resettlement scheme was unacceptable. 50 Eritreans have returned home voluntarily from Libya in the past few weeks while another 18 are scheduled to arrive tomorrow (May 1). Rep. to protest against latter’s unwarranted acts to hamper GOE efforts to bring home its citizens stranded in Libya,” Meskel wrote on Twitter. It is not known exactly how many such Eritreans are stranded in Libya.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 01, 2019 09:22 UTC