The Influx of Eritrean Refugees into Sudan Increased; Derived plain text from the preserved HTML. Original wording retained; layout, tables and images require the reader and originals. The Influx of Eritrean Refugees into Sudan Increased; 487 New Eritrean Refugees Arrived in Sudan between 3 and 9 January 2009 Department of Information and Culture Eritrean People’s Party January 13, 2009 In the course of one week (1/3-1/9/09), 487 Eritrean refugees have entered Shegraib refugee camp. Sources of Eritrean People’s Party in Eastern Sudan say majority of the new arrivals are veteran freedom fighters, battalion commanders, and company officers. The following table shows the age and gender of the new arrivals. Age Male Female Total 0-5 14 20 34 5-18 130 34 164 18 & above 209 80 289 Total 353 134 487 On other news, three members if the Eritrean Air Force phave abandoned the repressive government of Eritrea and sought political asylum in Sudan this week. Major Mussie Issac and flight technician Amir Ahmed are two of the three members of the Eritrean Air force known to have sought political asylum in Sudan. Contact Us at: webmaster@nharnet.com Author not established. The Influx of Eritrean Refugees into Sudan Increased;. Date not established. EHREA archive: /library/documents/doc-6b93a4e3e1a6a649b2fbf99b/ [1] Nharnet News. Original source: http://www.ehrea.org/EPP_News_110E_Jan1409.htm. Preserved original: /library/originals/ad394c909d03525fc3cf6696bc47df79fccf04790ebae5f5964dab9f5dd0dcfe.html. SHA-256: ad394c909d03525fc3cf6696bc47df79fccf04790ebae5f5964dab9f5dd0dcfe