Why are people leaving Eritrea?

Every month as many as 5000 people flee Eritrea, a country ruled by an authoritarian regime in which human rights violations are widespread. Oliver Ramme has just returned from a rare visit to the African nation. read more

Why people are leaving Eritrea. Every month as many as 5,000 people flee Eritrea, a country ruled by an authoritarian regime in which human rights violations are widespread. Oliver Ramme has just returned from a rare visit to the African nation. read more

People are leaving eritrea due to the offers they get from abroad. If you’re from a poor country and you hear about a country far far away that sounds like paradise where you don’t have to work, don’t have to do anything and still get payed thousands of dollars. read more

Thousands flee isolated Eritrea to escape life of conscription and poverty By Matina Stevis and Joe Parkinson | Photos by Nichole Sobecki for The Wall Street Journal ASMARA, Eritrea—On a cool March evening soon after his 16th birthday, Binyam Abraham waited until his mother and young siblings were sleeping and slipped away to begin the long trek toward Eritrea’s southern border. read more