Flow of Eritrean Refugees into Sudan Increases
Department of Information and Culutre
Eritrean People’s Party
March 12, 2009
The flow of Eritrean refugees to Sudan continues. The number has increased to a rate of some 500 every two weeks. This week (4-11/3/2009) alone, 608 Eritreans entered Shegerab refugee camp. The number of Eritrean refugees who sought political asylum in Shegerab refugee camp since January 2009 stood at 4609, sources of Eritrean People’s Party reported.
The table below is the age and gender distribution of the new arrivals.
- Source column 1
Age
- Source column 2
Both Genders
Total
608
- Source column 3
Male
Total
465 (76%)
- Source column 4
Female
Total
143 (24%)
- Source column 1
0-5
- Source column 2
30
- Source column 3
22
- Source column 4
8
- Source column 1
5-18
- Source column 2
88
- Source column 3
52
- Source column 4
36
- Source column 1
18 & Above
- Source column 2
490
- Source column 3
391
- Source column 4
99
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