Photo Credit: Refugees International
04/24/2008

A recent arrival explained, "I was 19 at the time of the border conflict. They detained me, tied hands and legs, and beat me until I go to sleep. I was kept in an underground cell and given bread and water every day. After two months I became ill, but thankfully eventually I recovered. Recently I came to Ethiopia. I was arrested in an urban area as illegal and detained for a month. Then they brought back to the refugee camp. My brother is in the military in Asmara, but my sister crossed the border to another country. We can’t go back until the government is changed."