Between the desert and the fire
Eritreans, fleeing their own country for decades, are now using refugee
camps in Sudan as a first step into Europe.
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Refugees have been crossing the border between Eritrea and Sudan for more
than 40 years.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, estimates that northern Sudan houses more than
100,000 Eritrean refugees, but over the years the profile of these migrants
has changed.
Those escaping the Eritrean war of independence in the 1960s tended to
settle in Sudan, some even gaining Sudanese nationality.
In recent years, however, refugees have increasingly been using Sudan as a
transit country before moving north - often as part of the diaspora fleeing
North Africa to Europe, with all the dangers involved in crossing the
Mediterranean.
Eritrea is not an easy country to get out of. So emigrants often fall prey
to the shady world of middlemen, brokers and smugglers making easy money out
of people desperate to leave.
In Between the desert and the fire, we explore what continues to drive
Eritreans from their own country; the poor conditions they often encounter
in refugee camps across the border; and the smuggling and human trafficking
surrounding them. We also look at the pressure the Sudanese government and
international aid agencies are under in dealing with the problems that
arise.
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