ERITREA: Government orders Catholic Church to hand over all health Centres
A developing story has reached AMECEA Online News that the Government of Eritrea has ordered the Catholic Church to hand over all the health centres run by the Church in the country.
According to the news sources, the government officials, earlier this week, had asked health centre administrators to sign a document approving the handover. However, most of the administrators refused to sign and told the officials to talk to the church leaders.
It is reported that the security officers then removed the staff from the health centres and closed them down. It is not yet known why the Eritrean government took this action. However, in April, Eritrean Catholic bishops called for a national reconciliation process that ensures justice for everyone.
In the 30-page letter that the bishops wrote in the wake of the peace deal signed with Ethiopia, they said the nation should come together and heal. It called on the government to make reforms that would stop people wanting to leave the country.
Eritreans are Known to be the majority of African Immigrants who are fleeing the country due to poverty and oppression especially from government. According to UNHCR Report, Eritreans are the second biggest group after Syrians among migrants and asylum seekers making the risky crossing of the Mediterranean Sea in the year 2018.
More details will follow as we gather more information
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Source: AMECEA Online News Correspondent
