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Eritrean refugees en route to Egypt arrested in Sudan

By Toby Collins

September 12, 2011 (LONDON) – Sudanese security have arrested 317 Eritrean refugees attempting to cross the border to Egypt.

Sudanese police, according to reports, stated that 75 women and four children were detained, 30 km from the Egyptian border.

Eritrean refugees in Kilo, Eastern Sudan (UN)
Eritrean refugees in Kilo, Eastern Sudan (UN)
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that there are more than 100,000 Eritrean refugees in North Sudan, many of them en route to Europe, via Egypt and across the Mediterranean Sea.

After the secession of South Sudan in July 2011, North Sudan implemented a new citizenship law, which Eritrean’s feared would make their lives more difficult.

A recent Human Rights Watch report stated “many Eritreans conclude that they can avoid oppression only by fleeing the country at risk to their lives “ as they suffer arbitrary arrest, torture and forced labour.

(ST)

4 Comments

  • okucu pa lotinokwan
    okucu pa lotinokwan

    Eritrean refugees en route to Egypt arrested in Sudan
    Sudan is very faney country,why to arest some one who is running for savety, you are faney,release those women let them continue their journey to the save land.

    OKUCU PA LOTINOKWAN

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  • Cibaipiath Junub Sudan
    Cibaipiath Junub Sudan

    Eritrean refugees en route to Egypt arrested in Sudan
    Why do London published this report without “appreciating the Khartuom World Policy of treating foreigners under their ammended Laws?” The world should now conclude that Khartuom Government is not respecting the foreigners and their laws are rigid and hard for human lifes. The Eritrean should seek for safe refugee. Why arresting them?

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  • henok
    henok

    Eritrean refugees en route to Egypt arrested in Sudan
    Poor Eritreans,
    Instead of deposing the beast in their country, they opt to wander in the Sahara desert and perish there.

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  • richard
    richard

    Eritrean refugees en route to Egypt arrested in Sudan
    To Henok, the lousy crack pot,

    In case you haven’t heard, I have news for you.

    SOMALILAND TO DEPORT 80,000 ILLEGAL ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY

    http://tesfanews.net/archives/3792

    You should be ashamed to comment on such issue as you have worse case than the poor Eritreans. So who needs to dispose the tyrant, the Eritrean who flee to Europe or Ethiopians who flee to Somalia?

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