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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.
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Age |
Both Genders
Total
608 |
Male
Total
465 (76%) |
Female
Total
143 (24%) |
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0-5 |
30 |
22 |
8 |
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5-18 |
88 |
52 |
36 |
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18 & Above |
490 |
391 |
99 |
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