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The article reports that Italian authorities have sent a group of Eritreans to Sweden on a chartered plane in 2015 for redistributing migrants around the European Union in a bid to gain some control over the flows of people across the continent.

The article presents world news brief including Eritreans fleeing their country due to government abuse, the deployment of domestically developed drones by the Pakistani military, and a meeting of Russian President Vladimir V. Putin with Pope Francis in Vatican City.

The article reports that Israel's Ministry of the Interior Population, Immigration and Border Authority has approved the release of nine Eritrean women and 10 children from the Saharonim Detention Center.

The article reports that Israel's Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein has ordered to stop the deportation of Eritrean migrants due to the pending clarification of legal issues.

An interview with Sandra Chait, author of the book "Seeking Salaam: Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis in the Pacific Northwest." Chait says that she got interested of the East African history through her Eritrean friend who speaks much of the country. She adds that Seeking Salaam means seeking for peace and that the book was composed of various competing stories. She also explains that she had interviewed more than 40 men and women who lives in Portland and Seattle for the making of the book.

Reports on the move of 76 Eritreans to hijack an airplane and force it to change course and land in Khartoum, Sudan where they sought asylum.

Opening an Italian bakery in Harlem seemed like a logical step for Leah Abraham, having been trained as a chemist and once a travel agency owner. An Eritrean raised in the Middle East and United States, Abraham opened Settepani Bakery with her Sicilian husband, Nino, two months after the September 11th attacks. At first, the couple envisioned the establishment as a regular bakery, but soon enough it evolved into a full restaurant-cafe. Jazz and classic soul music play softly in an open space with free-standing wood tables and white leather banquettes. Further, Settepani Bakery has been a regular stop on walking tours of Harlem almost since opening.

Reports on the efforts of Eritrean poet Saba Kidane to obtain a United States visa. Reasons Kidane's request was denied; Background information on Kidane's life in Eritrea; Role of poetry in Eritrean culture and history.

The article reports that according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), several Eritrean refugees and other asylum seekers were forcefully deported to their home countries by Sudan, and it may place the lives of these people at risk. The agency described the deportation as an 'act of repression,' and urged the Sudanese Government to act according to international law and the immigration laws of the country.

The article reports on the release of Eritrean refugees in Djibouti. The release of refugees could be possible due to the efforts of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office (OHCHR), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and civil society actors. The refugees including Eritreans and asylum seekers were detained at the Nagad Police Academy in Djibouti.

The article focuses on the concern of Sheila B. Keetharuth, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the condition of human rights in Eritrea, regarding the violation of human rights in the region. Keetharuth calls that government to respect its human rights responsibilities and to stop human rights violations in the country. He adds that the violations are deprivation of the security and freedom of Eritreans.

Reports that the Ethiopian expulsion of about 60,000 Eritreans have strained relations between the Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrant communities in the United States. Division of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawahedo Church; Eritreans' gaining of independence from Ethiopia in 1992; Accusations by Eritreans against Ethiopians and vice-versa; Role of the church in politics.

Reports on the mass exodus of Eritrean nationals from Ethopia because of war between the two countries. Statistics on the number of Eritreans who have fled; How the United Nations has requested the exodus to cease; Explanation by Ethopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin; Information about Eritrean People's Liberation Front which Ethopian officials suspect are spying; Violation of human rights.