Eritrea: Young Eritreans Would Rather Risk Death At Sea Than Let Their Leaders Take Their Freedom
Published on: Sunday 11 August 2019
Press Release - I met 19-year-old Dawit (not his real name) in Italy. He was among the few Eritreans who escaped unscrupulous smugglers in Libya and reached Italy in 2018 in spite of its efforts to prevent new arrivals. He explained why he took the dangerous journey to Europe rather than finishing high school in Eritrea: "They were making us into slaves, not educating us."
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201908120181.html
