Examples of using Eritrean diaspora in English and their translations into Russian
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Role of the Eritrean diaspora 19.
Eyer, Philipp et Régine Schweizer(2010):Les diasporas somalienne et érythréenne en Suisse The Somalian and Eritrean diasporas in Switzerland.
His Government and the Eritrean diaspora supported families affected by the war.
The Monitoring Group also found evidence of Eritrea's continuing violation of the arms embargo and its use of threats, harassment andintimidation to collect taxes from the Eritrean diaspora.
Since independence, the commitment of the Eritrean diaspora to their homeland has been no less significant.
It goes into detail into what it considers are sources of revenue for the Eritrean Government,with particular emphasis to contributions from the Eritrean diaspora as well as the mining sector.
In the event, the involvement of the Eritrean diaspora in the rehabilitation and development of Eritrea cannot be viewed differently.
The Eritrean authorities continue to rely heavily on extraterritorial taxation among Eritrean diaspora communities to generate hard currency.
Members of the Eritrean diaspora have increasingly begun to challenge the legality of the tax under the laws of their host countries.31.
The report also steps on a legal minefield by suggesting that contributions by the Eritrean diaspora are illegal and violate the Vienna Conventions.
In all regions where the Eritrean diaspora reside, their contributions to the national cause have always been voluntary, legal and legitimate.
Recently, the Government of Australia condemned the imposition of the tax following a newspaper article claiming that the Eritrean embassy in Canberra was"forcibly" collecting the tax from the Eritrean diaspora in Australia.
During those trying times, the Eritrean diaspora steadfastly stood with their homeland and its legitimate struggle and they were the voice of Eritrea abroad.
In its investigations, the Group conducted upwards of 100 meetings with a broad diversity of sources,including Member States, non-governmental organizations(NGOs), the Eritrean diaspora, former officials of the Government of Eritrea and current Government officials indirectly.
In addition, members of the Eritrean diaspora are also encouraged to make“voluntary” contributions to a variety of causes, although in practice individuals may be penalized if they do not comply.
In order to investigate the methods employed by members of PFDJ and the Government of Eritrea to collect the extraterritorial tax, the Monitoring Group met with Member States andconducted over 50 interviews with members of the Eritrean diaspora based in Europe, the Middle East, North America and East Africa.
Furthermore, the Monitoring Group would need to appreciate that the Eritrean diaspora's financial contributions that are aimed at strengthening Eritrea's political, economic and social development are voluntary.
Calls on the African Union and the Security Council to fully implement the existing sanctions and impose additional sanctions selectively on the Eritrean regime, especially on those economic andmining sectors that the regime draws on, including the Eritrean diaspora, as well as to ensure compliance with previous decisions of the United Nations;
The report of the Monitoring Group,which misconstrues the noble efforts of the Eritrean diaspora as a source of finance for acts of terrorism, is an unfounded, unfair and deliberate misrepresentation of facts.
Calls on the African Union and the United Nations Security Council to fully implement the existing sanctions and impose additional sanctions selectively on the Eritrean regime, specially on those economic andmining sectors that the regimes draws on, including the Eritrean diaspora, as well as ensure compliance with previous decisions of the United Nations;
Develop an institutional programme in partnership with the Eritrean Diaspora and local communities to develop programs for production, infrastructure and social development, eliminating the fee for residing outside of Eritrea Mexico.
Among other things, the two Country Teams agreed to organize a series of national workshops on each side of the border around the themes of development, peace and tolerance; to jointly pursue pilot initiatives for the reunification of separated families; andto seek to engage the Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora as a force for peace and reconciliation in support of any initiatives in this regard.
In addition to its desire to block remittances from the Eritrean diaspora and revenues from the mining sector, Ethiopia is now seeking to completely block construction activities, which constitute the source of employment for many citizens.
The Monitoring Group received information throughout the course of the mandate from the Eritrean diaspora and host country authorities that the Government of Eritrea and PFDJ impose a variety of extraterritorial taxation requirements on Eritrean citizens abroad and foreign nationals of Eritrean descent.
Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received several complaints from individuals within the Eritrean diaspora in the Netherlands that officials are soliciting to collect the tax, the evidence provided to them in terms of threats or extortion is anecdotal and the Ministry will not take formal action on the complaints, particularly because the reports received were anonymous and were not reported to local law enforcement or judicial authorities.
Because of the many displaced Eritrean women and women in the diaspora, it had attended several conferences abroad where women's rights were discussed.
On the question of the diaspora tax, Eritrea reported that Eritrean citizens living abroad had now started to send their payments directly to Asmara while the Government finalized a new administrative procedure for the collection of taxes.
In addition, Eritrean citizens living in the diaspora who have filed complaints with law enforcement agencies in Italy and Sweden, countries in which the Eritrean consulate applies coercive measures, report they are frequently turned away by the police and told that there is nothing that can be done.
In the same resolution, the Council also introduced certain exemptions to the targeted measures. On 5 December 2011, the Security Council adopted resolution 2023(2011),expanding the restrictive measures concerning Eritrea in the areas of"diaspora taxes", the Eritrean mining sector and financial services.