A Total of 407 Eritrean Refugees Arrived at
Shegrab Refugee Camp between 10 and 17 January 2009
Department of Information and Culture
Eritrean People’s Party
January 19, 2009
A total of 407 Eritrean refugees have arrived at the Sudanese refugee camp of Shegraib between 10 and 17 January 2009. The following table shows the age and gender distribution.
- Source column 1
Age
- Source column 2
Male
- Source column 3
Female
- Source column 4
Total
- Source column 1
0-5
- Source column 2
18
- Source column 3
13
- Source column 4
31
- Source column 1
5-18
- Source column 2
61
- Source column 3
24
- Source column 4
85
- Source column 1
18 & Above
- Source column 2
232
- Source column 3
59
- Source column 4
291
- Source column 1
Total
- Source column 2
311
- Source column 3
96
- Source column 4
407
The number of Eritreans crossing from Eritrea into Sudan has been on the increase in recent weeks. At least, since the start of the New Year, 894 Eritrean refugees have arrived at the Sudanese refugee camp of Shegraib, seeking political asylum.
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