Eritrea

Important documents

September 2019 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (formerly: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Author)
Eritrea

Report on national service, exit and return (update of ID 1062631, see also comment by ARC & DCR: ID 2021707)
Eritrea: National service and illegal exit (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2017271
September 2019 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (formerly: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Author)
Eritrea

Report on national service, exit and return (update of ID 1062631, see also comment by ARC & DCR: ID 2021707)
Eritrea; Nationaldienst, Ausreise und Rückkehr (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 2031001
June 2019 | Amnesty International (Author)
Eritrea

Report on Eritrean authorities targeting human rights defenders abroad (freedom of expression and access to information in Eritrea; indefinite terms of national service; harassment of leaders and founders of Eritrean Diaspora for East Africa (EDEA); harassment of and attacks on UN human rights experts; harassment of human rights defenders abroad by People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and their supporters)
Repression withour borders: Threats to human rights defenders abroad [AFR 64/0542/2019] (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2011554
March 2019 | BAMF – Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) (Author)
Eritrea

Report on female genital mutilation (FGM)
Länderreport 9 - Eritrea - Weibliche Genitalverstümmelung (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 2006106
2 August 2018 | Amnesty International (Author)
Eritrea

Query response on risks for draft evaders or deserters from national service; possible risks for family members of draft evaders; provisions regarding the "diaspora tax"
Stellungnahme vom 2.8.2018 an das Verwaltungsgericht Magdeburg (Response, German)
de ID 1442661
3 May 2018 | Pro Asyl (Network of German refugee councils) (Author)
Eritrea

Report based on meeting held in October 2017 on the situation in Eritrea and of Eritrean refugees (access to asylum abroad; crimes against humanity; government and causes for displacement; other topics)
Eritrea: ein Land im Griff einer Diktatur; Desertion, Flucht & Asyl (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 1432842
2 December 2015 | Amnesty International (Author)
Eritrea

Report on compulsory national service (legal framework; conscription of children and older people; lack of provisions for conscientious objection; exemption from national service; access to health care; mobilisation of women in 2015; evasion, desertion and attempts to exit the country; arrests, detentions and prison conditions)
Just deserters: Why indefinite National Service in Eritrea has created a generation of refugees [AFR 64/2930/2015] (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1224769
30 September 2015 | HSS – Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (Author)
Eritrea

Report on push factors for flight from Eritrea (historical background; current socio-political situation; national service; economic conditions; situation for individuals during their flight)
Flucht aus Eritrea: Flüchtlinge oder Wirtschaftsmigranten? (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 1193250
11 June 2015 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (formerly: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Author)
Eritrea

Country report (background; state structure and politics; National Service; detention conditions; religion; ID documents and exiting the country) (see update ID 333795; also see ARC & DCR comment on this report: ID 310050)
Eritrea Country Focus (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1253549
11 June 2015 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (formerly: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Author)
Eritrea

Country report (background; state structure and politics; National Service; detention conditions; religion; ID documents and exiting the country) (see update ID 333795; also see ARC & DCR comment on this report: ID 310050)
Eritrea Country Focus (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 1298587

Important documents

Report on national service, exit and return (update of ID 1062631, see also comment by ARC & DCR: ID 2021707)

Report on national service, exit and return (update of ID 1062631, see also comment by ARC & DCR: ID 2021707)

Report on female genital mutilation (FGM)

Query response on risks for draft evaders or deserters from national service; possible risks for family members of draft evaders; provisions regarding the "diaspora tax"

Report based on meeting held in October 2017 on the situation in Eritrea and of Eritrean refugees (access to asylum abroad; crimes against humanity; government and causes for displacement; other topics)

Report on push factors for flight from Eritrea (historical background; current socio-political situation; national service; economic conditions; situation for individuals during their flight)

Country report (background; state structure and politics; National Service; detention conditions; religion; ID documents and exiting the country) (see update ID 333795; also see ARC & DCR comment on this report: ID 310050)

Country report (background; state structure and politics; National Service; detention conditions; religion; ID documents and exiting the country) (see update ID 333795; also see ARC & DCR comment on this report: ID 310050)