{"id":5758,"date":"2014-11-20T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/?p=5758"},"modified":"2014-11-20T16:00:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T16:00:34","slug":"eritreans-fleeing-conscription-drive-for-ethiopia-unhcr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/uncategorized\/eritreans-fleeing-conscription-drive-for-ethiopia-unhcr\/","title":{"rendered":"Eritreans &#8216;fleeing conscription drive&#8217; for Ethiopia &#8211; UNHCR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A renewed conscription drive in Eritrea has led to a sharp increase in the number of youths fleeing to neighbouring \u00a0Ethiopia, a UN refugee agency spokeswoman has told the BBC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than 6,000 Eritreans had claimed asylum in Ethiopia in the past 37 days, double the rate seen in previous months, Karin de Gruijl said.<\/p>\n<p>There has also been a rise in the number of Eritreans reaching Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Eritrea says conscription is needed because of tension with Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>About 100,000 people died in the 1998-2000 border war between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Eritrea became independent after breaking away from Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>The refugees, most of whom were between 18 and 24 years old, reported an &#8220;intensification&#8221; of efforts to conscript them into the army, Ms De Gruijl told the BBC&#8217;s Newsday programme.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know that officially national services are for about four and a half years but quite often they&#8217;re open-ended,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This intensification of recruitment has sparked fear among young people in this age group who don&#8217;t want to have this perspective of not knowing how long they will have to serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:BBC<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">_________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A renewed conscription drive in Eritrea has led to a sharp increase in the number of youths fleeing to neighbouring \u00a0Ethiopia, a UN refugee agency spokeswoman has told the BBC. More than 6,000 Eritreans had claimed asylum in Ethiopia in the past 37 days, double the rate seen in previous months, Karin de Gruijl said. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,1],"tags":[73],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eritreans &#039;fleeing conscription drive&#039; for Ethiopia - UNHCR | ELL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/uncategorized\/eritreans-fleeing-conscription-drive-for-ethiopia-unhcr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eritreans &#039;fleeing conscription drive&#039; for Ethiopia - UNHCR | ELL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A renewed conscription drive in Eritrea has led to a sharp increase in the number of youths fleeing to neighbouring \u00a0Ethiopia, a UN refugee agency spokeswoman has told the BBC. 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