Forced deportations in Egypt condemned

More than one hundred Eritrean refugees detained in Egypt were forced to sign repatriation papers this past weekend. Advocates for the refugees claim that the signatures were obtained after the detainees were beaten by Egyptian soldiers.

“In this last month, the Egyptian authorities used forced deportation of refugees from Egypt to Eritrea or from Egypt to Ethiopia,” said Father Mussie Zerai, the president of the aid Habeshia Agency aid organisation.

“This is an open violation human rights, a violation of the international convention for the protection of refugees,” he said. “I ask the whole international community to intervene to stop this forced deportation of these refugees.”

Listen to the full interview of Fr. Mussie Zerai with Christopher Wells: