Tag: Mediterranean
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For Eritreans, Every Day Is Half-Mast Day
The media has reported. The human rights groups are outraged. The pope has prayed. But everywhere else, but especially in the State media, it is radio silence. One hundred fifty individuals, mostly Africans, mostly female and underaged, most of the most being Eritreans, drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. These Eritreans, like the ones before them,…
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Eritrea This Week – 20160605
[spider_facebook id=”4″]There is a certain pattern to reports of overcrowded boats sinking in the Mediterranean: (1) Eritreans hear the news and beg God, “please don’t tell me they were Eritreans”; (2) Western journalists report that, indeed, many or most were Eritreans; (3) Assenna.com, an Eritrean website, interviews survivors or witnesses; (4) Supporters of the Government…