From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Tue Jul 01 2008 - 18:53:58 EDT
Eritrean nationals who returned home from Egypt express satisfaction with the warm hospitality accorded them
By Staff
Jul 1, 2008, 13:31
Asmara, 1 July 2008 - A total of 740 Eritrean nationals, of whom 85 are females, who returned home from Egypt expressed satisfaction with the warm hospitality accorded them.
The nationals said that they regret the dangerous journey outside the Homeland risking their lives, and pointed out that they had experienced that nothing good can be obtained by leaving one's own country other than hardship and misery. Moreover, they lauded the warm hospitality and care accorded them on the part of the Eritrean people and Government upon return home.
In a meeting with the nationals who returned home, Mr. Abdalla Jabir, Head of Organizational Affairs at the PFDJ, expressed welcome on behalf of the Government and the Front and underlined the blessing of living in one's own nation. Stressing that it is normal for any person who commits illegal cross-border journey to demonstrate remorse, he called on the group to henceforth sever the nation with dedication through drawing lesson from their past misdeeds.
One of the citizens who returned home, Solomon Amanuel, recalled the life of misery as a refuge. Recalling the baseless allegation on the part of media outlets and so-called human rights champions claiming that the group would undergo severe punishment upon return home, he pointed out that they not only received warm welcome but also the necessary medical checkup.
Similarly, Yonas Mengisteab said that individuals who posed as staff members of the office of the UN High Commission for Refugees, as well as claiming to be 'champions' of human rights had been trading in our name.
Semainesh Ethiopia on her part recalled with feelings of anguish life as a refugee on the one hand, and expressed deep satisfaction with the return of the group to their Homeland on the other.
Still another youth, Abdelhafez Omar, not only praised the warm hospitality accorded the group upon return home but also stressed that nothing good could be obtained from leading a life as a refugee. He also regretted the dangerous move the group had taken in abandoning their Homeland.
Reports indicated that the nationals who returned home would join their respective families and workplace.
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