Eritrea: new trend in trafficking

From Welcome to Asmarino Independent. Fri Sep 26 2014, 13:52:03

Currently 9 Eritrean refugees that we know of are being held near Alexandria of Egypt after they paid $7500 each for a safe passage to Europe via Alexandria in Egypt and are being beaten and tortured for a ransom demand of $7500. Meanwhile many Eritrean families are calling to ask for their missing loved ones who left Alexandria on a boat on June 6 2014

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