634 Eritrean Refugees Arrive at Shegerab Refugee Camp

Department of Information and Culture

Eritrean People’s Party

April 1, 2009

Sources of Eritrean People’s Party said 634 Eritreans arrived in Shegerab refugee camp, in Sudan between March 24 and 30, 2009. The number of Eritrean refugees who sought political asylum in Shegerab refugee camp since January of this year has reached 6352.

The table below shows the age and gender distribution of the new arrivals.

Age

Both Genders

Male Total

Female Total

 

 

 

 

0-5

32

14

18

5-18

122

78

44

18 & above

480

387

93

Total

634

479 (76%)

155 (24%)

 

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