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Last broadcast on Sun, 19 Apr 2009, 10:06 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
The Eritrean government is turning its country into a giant prison, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch.
For this week's Assignment Pascale Harter travels to Sicily, where thousands of Eritrean refugees arrive every year.
They give a rare insight into the secretive set up of a country that's been branded the North Korea of Africa, where police round up children for national service without end and parents are imprisoned if their children escape. A place where family members inform on each other.
Gallery: Eritrean refugees in Sicily
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Thu 16 Apr 200909:06
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Thu 16 Apr 200913:06
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Thu 16 Apr 200920:06
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Fri 17 Apr 200901:06
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Sun 19 Apr 200910:06
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