The Eritrean community in the Netherlands clearly has two camps, which clash more often. President Isaias Afewerki maintains a dictatorial regime that also tries to keep Eritreans in the Netherlands under control. For example, Eritreans who live here have to give part of their monthly income to the regime. This kind of pressure leads to great tensions in the Eritrean communities outside Eritrea, which divides into groups that support the regime or not.

"It sounds illogical that Eritreans who are in favor of the government in their country live here. But many of those pro-government Eritreans lived here before the current regime came to power," says Abbink. Other pro-government Eritreans left their country for economic reasons, for example.