ITALY RECEIVES TWO FAMILIES AT RISK OF RETURN OF REFUGEES FORCED

Rome, 18 May - The Agency Habeshia led by Don Mussie Zerai welcomes the humanitarian gesture of the Italian government has sought to accommodate two familieson their territory of Eritreans and Ethiopians, to which the UNHCR had already recognized the status of refugees. These people were in danger of being repatriated to their countries of origin with possible impact on their safety and security. The group,composed of two women, a girl of 7 years and six men, was blocked for five days at the airport in Amman, Jordan, where he arrived on the run from Yemen. "We are grateful to the Italian authorities for the commitment they have demonstrated - said Don MussieZerai, Habeshia Agency, also thanked the UNHCR Representative for Southern Europe for the early activation of all channels - it was an important gesture that has solved in a short time, a complex situation, the benefit of people who need protection. "in case ofreturn from Jordan to Yemen famglie the two in question would run the risk of a lengthy prison or to be repatriated in the countries from which they fled in search of international protection. The intervention, which represents the result of a joint effort of the Italian authorities, UNHCR and the Agency Habeshia, comes at the end of a complexdiplomatic negotiations that allowed to rescue the two families of refugees, arrived this morning at dawn in Italy.
Don Mussie Zerai