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Eritreans are the third largest group of refugees arrivingon Europe's shores, after Syrians and Afghans.
Stefan Simanowitz of Amnesty International says thevast majority are young men fleeing oppressivenational service.
“Children, from the ages of 17 or 16 are forced intoconscription, which is meant to last 18 months, but inreality can go on for indefinite periods.
We spoke to people who had left after being in conscription and national service for 10 or 15 years.
A U.N. commission of inquiry earlier this year described Eritrea as one of the world's mostoppressive regimes.
The Eritrean government denied the report accusations.
Amnesty says the conscription amounts to forced labor and anyone trying to evade or escapefaces dire consequences.
“If they are seen or caught, they can be shot and killed.
They can be arrested, they can be tortured.
Many of them are locked up in cells underground or in shipping containers for long periods aspunishment for trying to avoid conscription.”
Simanowitz says the same fate would likely face Eritreans refugees returned forcibly from Europe orelsewhere.
Yet some European countries, including Britain and Denmark, have begun rejecting the majority ofEritrean asylum applications.
The British government changed its advice in March, claiming that Eritrea is safe for migrants toreturn to after leaving illegally.
“The situation for Eritrean asylum seekers is a desperate one and they must be given safehaven.”
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