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Victims of Forced
Relocation Face
Disease and Shortages
of Food
Department of
Information and Culture
Eritrean People’s Party
July 5, 2009
Thousands of Eritreans, forcibly
relocated off their villages from the highland region of Eritrea to
Sebelnkit, in
Western Eritrea in mid June, are
suffering from various infectious diseases, food shortages and water.
The most affected are children and
elderly. To date, 9 people have died from diarrhea and other infectious
diseases.
The nearly 3000 citizens are reported to
have received only 3,000 Nakfa and one tent per family from the
government after they were forcibly relocated to Sebelnkit.
Sources say the government of Isayas is forcing the surrounding
villagers to assist the new settlers with food and other supplies while
the villagers have their own shortages of food and other basic
necessities.
Some of the new settlers worried about
the shortages of food and water, and the increasing number of sick
people in the camp have began migrating to Sudan, sources of Eritrean
People’s Party reported.
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