Meron stefanos biography definition
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The night before our interview, Meron Estefanos’ phone rings in the middle of the night. A boat of 320 Eritrean refugees fleeing Egypt’s coast into the Mediterranean Sea has started to sink and all are soon to perish if no one acts now.
Meron reaches out to the Italian Navy and sends a distress signal, but to what avail?
This is one of thousands of phone calls Meron has had with those fleeing their Eritrean homeland in search of a better life. Meron is an Eritrean living in Sweden, where she was raised.
She did not know of the severity of the suffering of her people until she returned to the country later in life, where she saw firsthand the trapped and seemingly hopeless situation in which the country’s citizens are held.
Forced entry into the army, the virtual nonexistence of real economic opportunity and the complete repression of free speech are just a few reasons why 5,000 Eritreans flee the country every month, many of whom will be kidnapped and held captive by corrupt