Over a period of
one week, between June 26 and July 2, 2009, 99 Eritrean refugees have
entered Northern
Ethiopia. The
new arrivals, 30 of them soldiers and 69 other civilians have crossed
into Ethiopia through the
border areas of
Zalambesa, Rama, and Gerhu Sirnai.
Eritrean
People’s Party sources further states that the civilian group comprises
16 women and 51 students.
The rise of
forced migration in Eritrea is a constant reminder of the magnitude of
the political repression and
poverty Eritreans are facing
under the regime of Isayas Afeworki.
