The plight of Eritrea’s boat people
by amun ra ~ November 2nd, 2009. Filed under: Black Consciousness.
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| The plight of Eritrea’s boat peopleThe plight of Eritrea’s boat people
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/noborder/2610272730/With a government that makes it illegal to leave the country and military service compulsory for all men and women aged 18 to 40 in the name of a festering border conflict with the more powerful Ethiopia, it’s no wonder Eritreans undertake perilous journeys in search of a better life. But getting out of Eritrea itself is no guarantee of change for the better, thanks to flawed international responses that fail to see the humans behind ‘the refugee problem’, Yohannes Woldemariam writes in Pambazuka News.
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