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President Isaias Afwerki 's interview on a government website Wednesday said the migrants from  his  country and Sudan paid a "high price" to human traffickers to reach Israel and deserve more like $50 000.
"They need fair compensation to start a new life in their home country "  Afwerki  said in the interview with local media.  He  said all those who wish to return home "have every right to do so " and that Eritrea has offered to register all of its roughly 20 000 migrants but Israeli authorities had refused.
Many Eritreans leaving the east African nation claim they fled a restrictive regime under  Afwerki   where men are often forced into a military service with slavery-like conditions. They say they cannot return.
In the interview   Afwerki  claimed instead that the Eritrean migrants were enticed abroad to organize an armed opposition but that the "subversive schemes" failed and the migrants now have become a burden.
Israeli authorities said the migrants will be deported to Rwanda and Uganda   Afwerki  said.
"We are told they will be deported to any country that can accept them "  he  said. "These are human beings  not livestock. No country can claim legal responsibility to receive our citizens."
Isaias Afwerki

WASHINGTON   DC â Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA)  spoke to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) on Friday about the danger posed by Iran and accused the U.S. State Department of listening to that dictatorship more than to those who seek a free and democratic Iran.
 Gingrich  said  he  has lobbied for the Iranian resistance movement in the U.S. and the Peopleâs Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) since  he  was the top Republican in the House.
 Gingrich  said:
 Gingrich  acknowledged that Iranians have suffered in exile in Iraq at Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf where thousands of members and sympathizers of MEK have been living for the past 25 years:
 Gingrich  said  âAnd I hope that this administration will now be part of this process of beginning to unravel both the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and then  ultimately  the dictatorship.â
That unraveling should include the U.S. designating the IRGC a terrorist organization  which would have a direct impact on the Iranian economy  according to  Gingrich .
 Gingrich  said in  his  remarks that the extent of the danger posed by Iran cannot be understated.
âAs long as that dictatorship is in power  as long as itâs able to spend money  as long as it is able to project terrorism around the world  it is ultimately a mortal danger to the United States â  Gingrich  said. âAnd of course  it was a terrible thing for the Iranian people.â
âA dictatorship which  in 1988  killed 30 000 people  something which for some reason The New York Times and The Washington Post donât find to be horrifying â  Gingrich  said.
 Gingrich  detailed the Iranâs aspirations in a chilling laundry list:
 Gingrich  also praised President Donald Trump on  his  decision to decertify the JCPOA nuclear deal  calling it âjust about exactly the right pathâ and said that the presidentâs public remarks about Iran have been bold.
That includes Trumpâs speech to the United Nations  which  Gingrich  said was âprobably the strongest condemnation of Iran  of the Iranian dictatorship  ever uttered in the United Nations.â
Newt Gingrich

CHICAGO â The frustration was certainly building within  Brendan Smith   and if this kept up  it was eventually going to boil over. But the Rangersâ veteran defenseman doesnât have to wait much longer. He is set to return to the lineup for Fridayâs road match against the Blue Jackets after six-game stretch as a healthy scratch.
It might not have been such a big deal had  Smith  not signed a four-year  $17.4 million deal this summer just days before  he  could have reached unrestricted free agency. After  he  came over last season in a deadline trade from the Red Wings   Smith  had shown an edge to  his  game the Blueshirts coveted enough to offer  him  a contract with a $4.35 million annual salary-cap hit. The 28-year-old was then slated to be in the Blueshirtsâ top four  and yet  his  performance had led to coach Alain Vigneault deciding to dress  him  in only 11 of the teamâs first 19 games.
âItâs definitely hard to stay positive â  Smith  said after the teamâs practice Thursday  when  he  was paired with Marc Staal. âBut itâs how you bring it  itâs how your attitude [is] every day. If youâre grouchy or grumpy  youâre bringing down other people too. I tried not to do that.Thought I did a good job of staying positive.â
 Smith  is set to bump Steven Kampfer from the lineup after  he  and Staal had a very difficult night against the Blackhawks on Wednesday at United Center  a 6-3 loss that ended the Blueshirtsâ six-game winning streak. That team-wide success got the season back on solid ground  but itâs also what kept  Smith  from the lineup.  He  had not quite built up enough capital with Vigneault to stay in.
âLogically  some guys have more money in the bank than others â Vigneault said. âEverybody has to show me something   he âs not the only one. Everyone has to come out and play well  thatâs what we expect as a group.â
This was the longest time  Smith  has sat out in  his  seven-year career  and it wasnât made any easier by constantly having to answer the questions about it. But  he  understood that was part of the process  especially after signing a new deal.
âThere are a lot of ups and downs when it comes to being sat out â  Smith  said. âYeah  you have to try to stay positive and make sure youâre getting better every day because [if not]  then youâre going to find yourself in a hole and I didnât want to do that. Iâm going to try to get that rust off real quick at the start and then play my game.â
But what had undercut his own individual performance early in the season was very similar to what undid the team â when things were going badly  they all tried to do too much. So now that  Smith  was finally getting another chance to play   he  didnât want to overdo it.
âThatâs the hardest thing to do â  Smith  said. âWhenever youâve sat  even for whatever the period [of time] has been  you want to prove yourself you should be there on a day-to-day basis. But you have to play your own game. So there is that happy medium.
âFor myself  I think Iâve been around the league long enough that Iâve seen  it  and I understand  it . I know when Iâm playing my best is when Iâm letting the game come to me and Iâm being aggressive and Iâm making good reads and helping us break out the puck.I think thatâs one of my best qualities.So I think thatâs what Iâm going to try to do and not try to force things.â

Brendan Smith