The pro-Arab weekly Jeune Afrique reported today that Ethiopian Jews who fled their country to escape famine and persecution suffered a “mini-inquisition” in the nearby countries where they sought asylum–Sudan, Djibouti and North Yemen — because of their religion. The magazine said Ethiopian Christian refugees were subjected to the same treatment.
The Jeune Afrique correspondent in Ethiopia, who visited several refugee camps in Sudan, reported that the people who distributed food to the starving escapees “doled out the supplies according to the recipients’ origins. The amount handed out to Moslem, Jewish and Christian refugees was different” despite the claim by the Sudanese Commission for Refugees that all refugees are treated alike. (Related stories, P.3)
(There has been no comment from Israeli authorities on the Jeune Afrique report.)
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