ያካባቢያችን ዕዳ፥እጣ ጣጣና መዓት (ስለ ኤርትራዊያን ስደት ጥናት )
Published February 28, 2014 A Case Study of the Eritrean Migration System
ያካባቢያችን ዕዳ እጣ ጣጣና መዓት (ስለ ኤርትራዊያን ስደት ጥናት )
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A Case Study of the Eritrean Migration System from Eritrea to Israel
Karen Jacobsen, Sara Robinson and Laurie Lijnders 1)
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Each month thousands of men, women, and children flee Eritrea as a result of
grave violations of human rights committed by the Eritrean government.
Political oppression and religious persecution have led to the imprisonment or
disappearance of thousands of citizens, as well as mass flight. Travelling via
Sudan and Egypt, 36,000 Eritreans have made their way to Israel over the past
six years. Most have gone through a well-organized network of people
smugglers and human traffickers. Many initially contacted smugglers but were
later deceived, held hostage for large ransoms, and physically abused. Others
had no intention to come to Israel and were kidnapped in East Sudan to then be
sold to Sinai traffickers who also abused them while they were held hostage for
ransom. For the last two years, Israeli, Egyptian, and international human rights
organizations have reported that increasing numbers of Eritreans have
undergone severe torture and abuse while being held hostage for months at a
time in the Sinai. Human rights organizations have documented the brutality of
traffickers in the Sinai.1 Eritrean asylum seekers have testified to gang rape of
men and women, whipping, and various methods of torture, including burial in
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