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Eritrea: The Eritrean Children Who Cross Borders and Deserts Alone
IRIN, 27 July 2017
Yobieli is 12 years old. He sits on a small leather stool and fumbles with his hands, interlocking his fingers and pulling them apart. There's a dark shadow of soft peach fuzz on… Read more »
The Eritrean Children Who Cross Borders and Deserts Alone
Yobieli is Eritrean. In August 2016 he fled his home, crossing borders and the desert on foot, unaccompanied by any adult relative or caretaker, only to arrive at a neon-lit apartment in the rundown outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.
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"The Eritrean regime's belligerent behaviour towards it neighbours and its unholy marriage with insurgents is posing threats to regional stability and peace", writes the Ethiopian ... Read more »
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Eritrean human rights activists have lobbied Brussels to draw attention to the country's human rights situation and the awarding of aid with no conditions attached. The European ... Read more »
Two young Eritreans wait to board a ferry at Samos Island, Greece. Growing numbers of Eritreans are seeking asylum in Europe.
