Puntland Police detain 82 Ethiopian immigrants

Security forces in Somalia’s autonomous state of Puntland have detained over 80 Ethiopian illegal immigrants who were on a voyage to gulf countries to seek asylum, a security official has said. The 82 immigrants were arrested when Police intercepted the lorries they were travelling in, in an area close to the autonomous state’s capital of

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Puntland Police detain 82 Ethiopian immigrants

Security forces in Somalia’s autonomous state of Puntland have detained over 80 Ethiopian illegal immigrants who were on a voyage to gulf countries to seek asylum, a security official has said. The 82 immigrants were arrested when Police intercepted the lorries they were travelling in, in an area close to the autonomous state’s capital of

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Ethiopians say Obama trip will send wrong signal to repressive regime in Ethiopia

Near the White House on Friday, Serkalem Selassie and her 9-year-old son, Nafkot, protested President Obama’s upcoming trip to Ethi­o­pia. As a journalist in her homeland, she was jailed, and Nafkot was born while she was in prison. She has political asylum now. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post) By Pamela Constable When Barack Obama entered

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ESFNA says Teddy Afro-Gossaye Concert Cancelled Due to Visa complications

WASHINGTON, DC – Teddy Afro and Gossaye, the two superstars who were on schedule to perform at the annual soccer tournament underway in DC, were unable to clear travel problems to the United States and hence their shows have been cancelled, ESFNA announced in a press release on Thursday. ESFNA said the unhappy incident was

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July 4th Salute to Great Immigrants Who Help Make America Strong

Carnegie Corp. of New York For the tenth year, the Corporation is honoring a distinguished group of immigrants and their accomplishments with a full-page public service ad in The New York Times. The 2015 “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” initiative includes 38 individuals who have helped advance and enlighten our society, culture, and economy.

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3 Ethiopian ISIS members arrested in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH — A total of 1,351 terrorists belonging to Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS) have been arrested in various parts of the Kingdom over the past eight months. A source reported the terrorists make up 29 different nationalities, but most of them are Saudis. “There were 1,058 Saudi terrorists and most of them were very young.

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Unexpected turbulence at Dublin Airport: seven passengers on inaugural flight from Ethiopia claim asylum

Seven passengers – including two children – on the inaugural Ethiopian Airlines flight through Dublin claimed asylum at the airport’s immigration gates. A Garda spokeswoman this morning confirmed that it was five adults and two children that claimed asylum. “We are working with Ethiopian Airlines to ensure proper processes are in place for people coming

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Ethiopian Israeli protest in Tel Aviv -AGAIN

Rally follows decision by Attorney General not to open criminal probe into beating of Ethiopian soldier Hundreds of Ethiopian Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv once more on Monday to protest against discrimination following a decision by the Attorney General not to open a criminal investigation into the beating of a 21-year-old Ethiopian

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17 Arrested as Hundreds Attend Ethiopian-Israeli Protest

Ethiopian Israelis protest despite agreement reached with the Israel Police; hundreds of officers deployed to keep calm. About 500 Ethiopian-Israeli protestors demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Monday, despite a series of agreements reached with the Israel Police before the protest designed to stop the string of demonstrations. The participants demonstrated in front of the government

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Saudi Arabia sought to portray case of detained Ethiopians as an immigration issue: cable

(KHARTOUM) – The Saudi government was concerned that the case of 35 Ethiopians detained by authorities would be viewed as one that is religiously motivated, a cable from the Saudi foreign ministry reveals. The cable published by the whistleblower site Wikileaks on Friday stated that the Saudi Crown Prince at the time Prince Nayef Bin

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