Antoaneta Roussi

Despite the peace deal with Ethiopia, Eritrean refugees are still afraid to return home

Samuel Berhe, like many other Eritreans, fled the country some years ago to escape mandatory national service, which the government made indefinite following the 1998-2000 border war with Ethiopia. The war cost the countries an estimated 100,000 lives, while conscription created a generation of Eritrean refugees.