Central America's Other Refugees: Refugees come from as far away as East Africa to try their luck at crossing the Rio Grande

From Welcome to Asmarino Independent. Fri Oct 24 2014, 17:46:15

Eritreans have been taking this perilous route for more than a decade to escape the repressive police state their new nation has become. Many have traveled halfway around the world or more just to get to the starting point of this leg of their journey: Quito, Ecuador.

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