Eritrean refugees who try to escape into neighbouring Sudan are caught up in a deadly stand-off between East Africa’s big powers – as European Union (EU) money aimed at keeping them there continues to roll in all the while writes Sally Hayden.
Eritrean refugees who try to escape into neighbouring Sudan are caught up in a deadly stand-off between East Africa’s big powers – as European Union (EU) money aimed at keeping them there continues to roll in all the while.
In January 2018, the governor of Kassala in eastern Sudan issued a decree halting all border crossings from Eritrea: a country that has been nicknamed the ‘North Korea of Africa’ because of its high levels of repression, isolation, and punishing military conscription.
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