Eritrea's 'Triumph, Betrayal and Hope'

Eritrea is at peace, yet its people are flooding across its borders. As many are being caught reaching the shores of Europe as come from Syria, escaping from that nation's civil war, writes Martin Plaut.

Eritrea which lies at the border of Sudan to the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the east.

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