Europe should have compassion on Eritrean refugees, say priest, religious
August 07, 2015
An Eritrean priest and religious sister have called upon Europeans to have compassion upon the refugees that have made a dangerous journey across the desert and the Mediterranean Sea.
“When mentioning Eritrea, we talk only about people who are coming to Europe, but not about what they are fleeing from,” Father Mussie Zerai told La Stampa’s Vatican Insider, which cited “systematic violations of fundamental freedoms, the repression of any and all dissent, no election (the former guerrilla leader Isaias Afewerki has been in power in Asmara since 1993), a compulsory military service that is extended for years turning into forced labor, [and] a surveillance system so capillary as to bring anyone under suspicion as a potential spy.”
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