Each month
thousands of men, women, and children flee Eritrea as a result of grave
violations of human rights committed by the Eritrean government. Traveling via
Sudan and Egypt, 36,000 Eritreans have made their way to Israel over the past
six years, via a well-organized network of people smugglers and human
traffickers.
For the last two years, Israeli, Egyptian, and international human
rights organizations have reported severe torture and abuse of Eritreans being
held hostage in the Sinai by these traffickers. This paper describes and
analyzes the transnational networks supporting and enabling the trafficking of
Eritreans to Israel.
