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Eritrean Catholic Bishops letter
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
The Eritrean Catholic Bishops issued a letter entitled “Where is your brother?”, addressed to the Eritrean people denouncing the suffering of the population and youths, pushed by difficulties and privation to immigrate at the risk of their lives. The letter is signed by four bishops. Picture: St Joseph's Cathedral, Asmara.
Eritrean migrants
intercepted
in the Mediterranean.
The Catholic Bishops in Eritrea have issued a pastoral letter marking the 23rd anniversary of the country’s independence, which was celebrated on May 25, 2014.
The letter refers to the Lampedusa boat tragedy of 3 October 2013, when over 300 died, many of which Eritrean migrants. The Bishops stress that the youth of Eritrea are fleeing to, “peaceful countries, to countries of justice, of work, where one expresses himself loudly, a country where one works and earns”. The letter is signed by the following bishops: Father Mengsteab Tesfamariam, Eparch of Asmara, Father Tomas Osman, Eparch of Barentu, Father Kidane Yeabio, Eparch of Keren, and Father Feqremariam Hagos, Eparch of Segeneiti.
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