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The Influx of Eritrean
Refugees into Sudan Increased;
487 New Eritrean
Refugees Arrived in Sudan between 3 and 9 January 2009
Department of Information and Culture
Eritrean People’s Party
January 13, 2009
In the
course of one week (1/3-1/9/09), 487 Eritrean refugees have entered
Shegraib refugee camp. Sources of Eritrean People’s Party in Eastern
Sudan say majority of the new arrivals are veteran freedom fighters,
battalion commanders, and company officers.
The
following table shows the age and gender of the new arrivals.
|
Age |
Male |
Female |
Total |
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0-5 |
14 |
20 |
34 |
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5-18 |
130 |
34 |
164 |
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18
& above |
209 |
80 |
289 |
|
Total |
353 |
134 |
487 |
On other
news, three members if the Eritrean Air Force phave abandoned the
repressive government of Eritrea and sought political asylum in Sudan
this week. Major Mussie Issac and flight technician Amir Ahmed are two
of the three members of the Eritrean Air force known to have sought
political asylum in Sudan.
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