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These countries require a 6-month passport validity for travellers
The rules are in place so that foreign travellers do not stay beyond the period specified on their visas, unintentionally due to sudden passport expiration. Sudden expiration results in unnecessary complications if they get stranded in a foreign...

Saudi low-cost carrier Flynas eyes tourists, business travelers with Nairobi expansion
Flynas chief commercial officer Stefan Magera/ HANDOUT Middle East's low-cost airline–Flynas is eying pilgrims, business and leisure travellers as it commences operations between Riyadh and Nairobi, the first direct flights between the two cities...

As Melburnians miss out, tourists seek out this coffee shop that bridges worlds
Ageyo Coffee founder Dan Seyoum was inspired by his family’s coffee farm in the Ethiopian village of the same name. Now, he’s roasting ethically sourced beans right here in Melbourne. Sanka Amadoru September 28, 2025 Save You have reached your...

Why Eritrea Is Ineffective In Diplomacy
Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam, Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the UN, addressed the 49th Annual Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 and China. She emphasized the UN’s founding principles—sovereign equality,...
Ten Channel migrants deported to France in one in, one out scheme
Ten small-boat migrants have been deported from the UK back to France, more than doubling the number of people so far returned under a new “one in, one out” deal. The group were flown out on Air France commercial flights on Thursday under the...

Eritrean man who tried to stay in the UK by claiming he was a trafficking victim will be deported under the 'one-in, one-out' scheme
By MATT STRUDWICK, NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:33 EDT, 18 September 2025 | Updated: 15:19 EDT, 18 September 2025 A small boat migrant is set to be deported to France tomorrow after losing a High Court bid to have his removal under the Government's...

Eritrean migrant to be deported in less than 24 hours after losing High Court bid
A man is set to be deported to France on Friday after he lost his High Court bid to get his removal temporarily blocked. The migrant, who cannot be named, arrived in the UK last month after crossing the Channel on a small boat. On Thursday, he...

Eritrean man who tried to stay in the UK by claiming he was a trafficking victim will be deported under the 'one-in, one-out' scheme
By MATT STRUDWICK, NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:33 EDT, 18 September 2025 | Updated: 15:19 EDT, 18 September 2025 A small boat migrant is set to be deported to France tomorrow after losing a High Court bid to have his removal under the Government's...

Eritrean man halts deportation in first test of UK-France asylum pact
A British court has blocked the planned removal of an Eritrean asylum seeker to France, handing Prime Minister Keir Starmer an early setback in his plan to stop small-boat crossings of the English Channel. The 25-year-old man, who cannot be named...

Eritrean man wins block on removal from UK to France under 'one in, one out' deal
Dominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent and Helen CattPolitical Correspondent ShareSave An Eritrean man who arrived in the UK by small boat has won a last-minute legal claim to temporarily block his removal to France. The 25-year-old was due...

Students ring in Ethiopian and Eritrean New Year on Beinecke Plaza
Students gathered at Beinecke Plaza to celebrate the Ethiopian and Eritrean New Year with food and dance. Kamala Gururaja 4:30 am, Sep 22, 2025 Contributing Reporter Kamala Gururaja, Contributing Photographer Students gathered Sunday to ring in...

Eritrean man wins block on removal to France under 'one in, one out' deal
An Eritrean man who arrived in the UK by small boat has won a last-minute legal claim at the High Court to temporarily block his removal to France. The 25-year-old, who reached the UK on 12 August, was due to be returned on Wednesday under the...

Trump administration’s travel ban roils Yemeni community in Metro Detroit
By Aya Fayad, MediaNews Group More than three months after the Trump administration’s second travel ban on Yemen, officials in the Metro Detroit Yemeni community said it is discriminatory, spreading fear and sparking logistical problems for those...

JACK ANDERTON: Housing illegal migrants in student accommodation is the final proof that young Britons like me are being robbed of our future by an incompetent, self-serving political class
Keir Starmer’s ‘one-in, one-out’ policy always looked optimistic – but now it’s in total disarray. Just two illegal migrants have been sent back to France this week, though thousands continue to arrive here every month. Amid a mounting public...

Sudan’s War Is the Shape of Things to Come
On September 12, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States announced a joint road map for ending Sudan’s devastating two-and-a-half-year civil war. The announcement, on its own terms, was a breakthrough. Soon after its...
Should the Foreign Missions Travel Controls Program Extend to Turkey?
Erdoğan Has Welcomed Hamas to Turkey, Talked About Using His Military Against Israel, and Spied on Turkish Dissidents in America The 1982 Foreign Missions Act sought to address the concern that state sponsors of terror or other hostile countries...

UK court clears the way for deportation of Eritrean asylum seeker
An Eritrean man who has been fighting to stay in the United Kingdom is set to be deported to France after losing a High Court bid to have his removal temporarily blocked. The 25-year-old Eritrean man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, crossed...

"Travel Inequality": U.S. Tourism Fast Lane Stays Shut To Visitors From One Region
As the United States recently decided to review its approximately 55 million visa holders for violations, which includes travelers with tourist visas, it seems the country is cracking down on who it allows to visit. The move also comes at a time...

Africa’s strongest currencies by region in 2025: Implications for travel and investment
From the resilient West African franc in Francophone states to the stable pula in Southern Africa, the performance of local currencies is redefining how Africans move across borders and how investors gauge opportunity on the continent. While...

UK court halts Eritrean man's deportation to France under 'one in, one out' scheme
The Royal Courts of Justice, more commonly known as the High Court, on November 2, 2020. TOBY MELVILLE / REUTERS An Eritrean national won an 11th-hour bid, on Tuesday, September 16, to stay his planned deportation, in the first legal challenge to...