{"id":6590,"date":"2016-03-17T18:27:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T18:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.munkhafadat.info\/blog\/?p=6590"},"modified":"2017-02-04T22:32:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T22:32:12","slug":"children-flee-eritrean-conscription-threat-un-rights-envoy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/human-rights\/children-flee-eritrean-conscription-threat-un-rights-envoy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Children Flee Eritrean Conscription Threat, UN Rights Envoy Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unaccompanied children are fleeing Eritrea to avoid conscription, putting them at risk of abduction and abuse as they seek shelter in places including Europe, a United Nations rights envoy said.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been a \u201csteady influx of Eritrean unaccompanied and separated children\u201d into Egypt and neighboring Ethiopia and Sudan since 2008, Sheila B. Keetharuth, the UN\u2019s special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, said Monday in Geneva. She said rights violations were the main reason young people flee, with unaccompanied children citing a fear of forcible conscription into the army.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn leaving Eritrea, the unaccompanied children are subjected to an array of protection risks\u201d that include \u201ctrafficking, abduction for ransom, sexual violence, torture and other cruel and inhuman treatment,\u201d Keetharuth said, according to an <a title=\"Link to statement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17224&amp;LangID=E\" target=\"_blank\" data-tracker-action=\"click\" data-tracker-category=\"nav\" data-tracker-label=\"inline_link.01\">online transcript<\/a>. Eritrea\u2019s representative, Tesfamicael Gerahtu, described the report as \u201cbaseless\u201d and a bid at \u201cseeking regime change.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-view-uid=\"1|0_4_1_8\"><\/div>\n<p>Eritreans constituted the largest group of unaccompanied children arriving in Italy last year, making up 3,092 of a total of 12,360, according to Keetharuth. The World Bank estimates Eritrea\u2019s population at 6.33 million.<\/p>\n<h3>Government Service<\/h3>\n<p>The Horn of Africa nation, which gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, has a system obligating adults to perform 18 months of government service. Amnesty International says this period is extended indefinitely for a \u201csignificant proportion\u201d of people, fueling a wave of migration.<\/p>\n<p>Eritreans are the fourth-biggest group risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean, after Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis, according to the UN. Eritrea\u2019s government says national service is necessary to defend itself from Ethiopia, which it fought in 1998-2000. It\u2019s described those fleeing overseas as economic migrants, not refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union last week passed a resolution that included a call for Eritrea to reform and shorten the service period. Keetharuth said she hadn\u2019t received \u201cany conclusive sign\u201d that it had been reduced \u201cfollowing initial indications that this could be the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0BloombergBuisness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unaccompanied children are fleeing Eritrea to avoid conscription, putting them at risk of abduction and abuse as they seek shelter in places including Europe, a United Nations rights envoy said. There\u2019s been a \u201csteady influx of Eritrean unaccompanied and separated children\u201d into Egypt and neighboring Ethiopia and Sudan since 2008, Sheila B. 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