Young people fleeing Eritrea as ‘open-ended’ national service, soaring food prices and poor job prospects bite, says UNHCR Mark Anderson The number of Eritreans seeking asylum in Europe has nearly tripled over the past year as mainly young refugees stream out of one of the world’s most secretive countries, fleeing …

By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | NAIROBI, November 21- Eritrea said Friday the reason thousands of its youth are fleeing the hardline regime is because the UN refugee agency and countries with “sinister” motives are tempting them to leave. Tens of thousands have now run away from the autocratic Horn of …