Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Sat May 11, 2019, 05:16 AM May 2019

US deporting more and more people to Eritrea - a country it says tortures and kills its citizens

Source: ABC News

US deporting more and more people to Eritrea - a country it says tortures and kills its citizens

By BEN GITTLESON May 10, 2019, 11:56 AM ET

As the U.S. remains locked in a debate over asylum seekers from Central America, lawyers and advocacy groups say they are seeing an alarming uptick in deportations to the African nation of Eritrea -- a country that President Donald Trump's government acknowledges arbitrarily imprisons and tortures its own citizens.

The plight of Eritrean refugees, while relatively small, strikes at the heart of the ongoing dispute in America over who is entitled to seek refuge within its borders, and what to do with people who are already here.

Eritreans in the U.S. whose bids for asylum have been denied say they fear that deportations are akin to a death sentence, immigration attorneys told ABC News.

-snip-

Eritrea's authoritarian government tortures, forcibly disappears, and indefinitely detains its citizens, who lack an array of civil rights and freedoms, according to the State Department's 2018 report on human rights in the country. Human rights groups say it also uses extortion and threats of violence to compel its nationals residing abroad to pay a 2% income tax before they can obtain basic services.

-snip-


Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-deporting-people-eritrea-country-tortures-kills-citizens/story?id=62931798
Latest Discussions»Issue Forums»Foreign Affairs»US deporting more and mor...