Under the early morning sun in the most northern region of Ethiopia a motley group of Eritrean men, women and children arrive dusty and tired at the end of a journey - and at the start of another.
After crossing the border under cover of darkness (leaving Eritrea without authorisation is a crime punishable by up to five years in jail), they are found by Ethiopian soldiers and taken to Adinbried - a compound of modest buildings at one of the 12 so-called "entry points" dotted along this barren 910-kilometre border. This is where their long asylum process will begin.
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