The problem is clear and is totally under the responsibility of U.N. You make the law, but the law you guys make for some countries but not for all. You signed the agreement so why don't you force Ethiopian government to obey the law which is to install some kind of barriers. This is the only solution, and there is not reason to waste any time.

Ethiopia is the country that was determined to be the aggressor by an indpendent UN sanctioned legal body tasked to rule on the causes for the military confrontation that resulted from the 2 year war between the two nations. After, initially stating that it would abide by the ruling of the commission, the Ethiopian government has called the ruling 'null and void', and to this day continues to occupy Eritrean territories and resettle Ethiopians of Tigrayan origin on Eritrean soil. Contrary to the lawless actions of the Ethiopian government, Eritrea has accepted the final and binding decision of the international tribunal. Thus, it is mind boggling to blame Eritrea for its lawful stand. The only explanation for such discriminatory stance is that Ethiopia is led by a mercenary regime that is taking its orders directly from Washington. As such it has availed itself to be an instrument of distabilzation in the horn of Africa.

UN is a defunct organisation which promots rape and selling arms creating more conflict. UN is govened and is a tool of the supper powers to ensure thier permannent subjugation againist the poor. UN has miserabley failed to sort the border problem of Eritrea and Ethiopia. This problem is being created by the big powers and UN has completelty ignord the plight of the poor. UN at bet is just creating useless memo, directives and implimentations. I for one do not believe in the personnel of the UN thier are just in it to inrich thier pockets while talking too much with out any substance. In short UN is one of the promoters of human degradation and subjugation.

Te country was one, should have never been devided. Case in point is families devided between two borders. Doesn't that remind you of Germany which ultimately reunited. If we learn one thing from Germany, is that you can't devide families and blood or kinship.
Both sides, or the leaders of both countries are at fault. There are also people on both sides that just follow blindly like sheep.

The UN has no leverage on any country. ethiopia is occupying a land given to eritrea so it must leave. but sadly, Eritrea has been a rogue state by arming terrorists listed by the UN. But the biggest problem is Eritrea broke international law 2 times by invading ethiopia in 1998 and by already breaking peace treaty when eritrea kicked out UN peacekeepers and militarized the TSZ. both countries should remember that they have/are breaking international laws and they must sit down to talk. Eritrea should withdraw from territories given to ethiopia and ethiopia especially should withdraw from the big area awarded to eritrea

This is an absurd report which is not balanced and has no merits. RI never talked about the 150 thausaqnd Ethiopians that were deported from Eritrea in 1991. RI not uttering a word about the 100 thausand Ethiopians that have been and are still systematically deported, looted, raped and killed under the direction of Isayas. Although poor and do not have advocates, these people, like the Eritreans, are human beings. In fact it is absurd for RI to suggest resettlement of Eritreans in Ethiopia. Remember that 99.99% of these people chose divorce from Ethiopia during the 1993 referendum. Remember that there is substantial resntment in the people of Ethiopia who were are on the receiving end. Remember the war of 1998-2000, and ofcourse the 30 year war. Note what is Isayas doing to disintegrate Ethiopia by supporting anything against Ethiopia and by become a surrogate. Ethiopia is bleeding because of Eritrea and honestly speaking Eritreans have been and still continue to be a security risk for Ethiopia unless the come to their senses and realize that peace is in their interest (which seems not in their agenda at present). Although the Ethiopian government cares less and has hearts for Eritreans (sometimes above its own people), it is high time not to repeat the madness that existed before 1998 and plunged to violence. The Ethiopian people should also be alert always. If RI wants to help people, i do not have any problem: they can take them somewhere or help them while they are in their refugee camp, but to suggest that they should be treated as Ethiopians is ignorance of the situation and even not safe for the Eritrean themselves as it might arouse public resentment which could lead to worst situation.

Hi All

All this suffering is happening because the UN is funded by a self-serving superpower which is not interested in peace in Africa.

If they were, they would have forced Ethiopia to vacate land awarded to Eritrea in a final and binding rule.

note why eritreans are escaping their own choosen government and independent state? there is much to say about eritrea and eritreans behaviour toward ethiopians which use to live in eritrea before 1998 outbreak. The only thing eritreans should recall and should keep in mind that their very bad internal situation is created first by eritreans and secondly their government, escaping and taking refuge in ethiopia is not wise!

Hi All
Its not time to blame the US or UN. We don need to find execuses for our own mistakes. The current problem between these two states Eth and erit need to be resolved by the government of the two nations. I don think any other foreign power will have the capacity to bring about peace and stability

to girmay:
talking and blaming everything to the UN is childish as well blaming all outsider parties. Firstly i would blame who initiated the war by invading a sovereign state( which is attributed to Eritrea As invasor at first) Wouldn't be easier at the time in 1998 to sit at table a solve the situation with your ex friendly and comrades state (ethiopia)? Now shouting and blaming why is not implemented a law is absurb by eritrea when it was the first to break international laws By invading !
By a neutral observer

UN may be a semi-disfunctional organization since it has to balance the interests of the big five permanent security council members and a host of other me too countries. How about Eritrea the one man mafia government of Isaias a demented pond scum who isn't any better than a ghetto thug. Eritreans are either cowards suffering from amnesia, or what they are getting from the arrogant dictator is deserved. They should wake up and eliminate his regime, his poodles, and any one who is a hurdle to their God given right to live in peace, democracy, and prosperity. Unless, Isaias the cancer of the Horn with his cousins the Weyane are removed from the scene that region of the world will remain cursed for eternity.

i didnt know that eritreans are ethiopians? their claim till now was that they were an arian race, nothing to do with ethiopians? there is an eritrean proverb ( or tigrigna) that says kizihileka bi idka ke wieka bi manka! this has always been their dna. directly translated is when food to eat is cold you use your hand, when hot you use spoon. please try to be arian as you claim, not shift where it is convenient be responsible of your actions and behaviours , what happens now it is the law of relativity!!!

since eritreans gained independence which is absolutly their right, i read so many news papers of the years 1952 and 1962, most intelectual foreigners and eritreans wanted independence from ethiopia as it was for economical factor recall eritrea at the time was one of the leading economy of africa after south africa( diamonds) and 99.9 % were high tech and advanced in everything thanks to the italians which created and build a second new italy, and all economy was in the hand of italians,greeks, armenians and so on. it was the economy factor that brought the idea of independence. Now reality of world economy changed when gained independence in 1993, and the so called eritrean government thought to find the same economic factors BUT THAT WAS NOT THE REALITY, so the only immediate income was to buid a military capacity and to be involved in wars such central africa, yemen,sudan,ethiopia and now djibouti, so many donors behind and states and eritreans themselves with remittances and not to give in second hand , just receiving fresh money, no political ideology, economic growth, no education, no foreign investments, no political diplomacy with world, just aggressions, contradictory visions and behaviours , they are the scientist, intellectual more than everyone
else, they identify themselves as the only state which gained indepence, in simple words the eritrean regime doesnt care of its own citizens, national interests,and so on.JUST SEE HOW MANY ERITREANS ARE ESCAPING SINCE THE LAST 7 YEARS IN SUDAN, LIBYA, EGYPT ETHIOPIA AND SO ON, AND HOW MANY HAVE BEEN DEPORTED FROM MALTA SUDAN EGYPT TO ERITREA AND FACE TORTURE AND MASS KILLINGS AT HOME, BUT ETHIOPIA NEVER HANDED ONE. I ONLY SEE THAT ISAYAS IS GAINING IN TERMS OF FRESH CASH AND SAY THAT IS MY PENSION, AND LEAVE THE COUNTRY WHEN ETHIOPIA WILL DECIDE THE LAST WAR TO INVADE AND CHANGE LEADERS IN ERITREA AND PUT AN UMBRELLA OR PUPPET GOVERNMENT TILL ONE DAY THEY RECLAIM IN REFERENDUM THAT THEY WANT TO BE PART OF ETHIOPIA . I SAY PART OE ETHIOPIA AS I HEARD SO MANY COMMENTS SUCH IT WAS BETTER WHEN IT WAS MENGHISTU OR THE EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA WITH COMPARISON WITH THEIR ACTUAL GOVERNMENT.I KNOW IT IS A BAD BUSINESS NOW YOU'LL HATE ME BUT THAT IS REALITY AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN, ONCE ISAYAS WILL LEAVE , YOU ERITREANS WILL BE THE FIRST TO DEMONIZE HIM, SAYING THAT HE IS OF TIGRAYANS AGAME ORIGINS, AND YOU WILL BLAME EVERYTHING TO HIM, BUT I SAY BLAME YOURSELF FIRST, HE IS NOT TO BLAME YOU GAVE HIM ALL THIS HONORS AND POWERS, JUST RECEIVE IT . ENDING THAT TRY TO BE HONEST AND FAIR IN YOUR VIEWS NOT DEFENDING DEFENDING WHAT AND WHO JUST FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR INTERESTS. ETHIOPIA HAS MUCH TO BE BLAMED ALSO, BUT IT IS NOT OF ETHIOPIA THAT YOUR COUNTRY AND PEOPLE IS IN THIS BAD SITUATION.

mr Observer, you have got it all wrong. This your dream. No one will stop you from dreaming this impossible dream. mind your business. Any Eritrean is Eritrean he knows what he is good for them. your dream is wild and non attainable. fullstop.

miss/mrs. samrawit, thanks very much for your constructive comment, which i dont find it a dream, all facts and evidences are on the ground, the only ones who dreamed it appears to me are eritreans after thirty years of armed struggle for independence , in the last 7 years they escape and ask refugee abroad blaming their own government, while escaping they face forced repatriation with all known tortures which are undergone in their homeland. why in a free state within your own country you need special permit to move from asmara to the other cities? it is a repressive government you have , if your say is this is what we want that is very good, sitting in a pc abroad perhaps in the us or other countries which gave you right to live and work peacefully, you seem to be sitting in a british lobby and commenting, i only invite you to go back home and see facts and evidences , denying evidences and facts are not constructive to your homeland and people.

I don't understand why the issue of 80 thousand eritrean deportees from ethiopia is more important than the 150 ethiopians who got deported from eritrea just after their so called independence? are we being accused for letting eritreans enjoy two citizenships despite the fact that they all voted for independence and danced on own streets? what ever they enjoyed during the first 7 years, be it the citizenship or the resource it was against the will of ethiopian people and given the air of resentment towards them, it was just a matter of time before they were going to be massacred majority ethiopians who felt betrayed by people they considered as their own. I remember as a young boy watching Eritreans dancing on the streets of Addis like there is no tomorrow while our fellow citizens who got deported from eritrea are scattered all over street. we will never forget it too. I often wonder why I as some one considered moderately educated and known for being tolerant feel this strongly about what eritreans did and continue to do to ethiopia. mark my words , and I am dead sure about this, ethiopians are just waiting for a more nationalist leader to deal with eritreans, therefore I believe it's not safe to have eritreans in ethiopia. let's face it, the damage is done, and it's much safer to be enemies from a distance.

why the hell is the issue of 80 000 eritreans being deported from ethiopia more important than the 150000 ethiopians who got deported right after the so called independence? I remember as a young boy watching eritreans dancing on the streets of addis ababa like there is no tomorrow while ethiopian deportees from eritrea were scattered on every street in their own country. are we being acused for letting eritreans enjoy two citizenships and ethiopian resource for the first 7 years of their independence? for babysitting them? what ever happened during that period it happened against the will of ethiopian people and, mark my words, ethiopians are just waiting for a more nationalist leader to deal with eritreans, therefore, it’s not safe to have eritreans in ethiopia. not safe for them. let’s face it , the damage is done. these people will never be ethiopians, There is nothing worse than enemy from within. This time we know where to go if we want to get them, unlike in the past when they were part of our society killing us from in side. it’s much safer if we stay enemies at a distance.

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