The number of Eritrean refugees crossing to Ethiopia has been on the rise, according to Program Coordination Office for Northern Eritrean Refugees has announced.
According to Nur-Hussein Mohammed, Office head, the number of Eritreans crossing the border into Ethiopia daily has more than doubled over the past two years taking the total number of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia to over 82 thousand.
A fourth and new camp has been opened at a place called ‘Hitsats’ in an effort to accommodate the influx.
More than five thousand Eritrean refugees have already been received since the opening of the camp some five months back.
Of the Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia, over 80 percent are youngsters; 40 percent are ex-soldiers; the remaining are civil servants who have completed national military service.
Mandatory national military service, human rights violations and high cost of living are the major factors forcing Eritreans to migrate, some of the refugees have said.
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BY NESRU JEMAL
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