Eritrea: Herculean task for refugees returning home
24.02.2005
Sitting outside her kiosk in the western Eritrean village of Dressa, Frawine Abraham, who was born a refugee in Sudan, is glad to be back in her homeland but she struggles here to make ends meet. "I was born in a refugee camp in Sudan. I wanted to come and live in my country. Here, I can move about more easily, but I don't have enough money," said the 24-year-old. Frawine was repatriated in 2001, one of an estimated 120,000 refugees who have returned since then from neighbouring Sudan, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) here.