[spinestein]

[Eritreans are fleeing their country in growing numbers amid fears of a new war with Ethiopia and economic hardships blamed on authoritarian government policies, according to diplomats and United Nations figures.]



That can't be right. If those are the reasons for people leaving their country then people would be fleeing The United States in droves because of the economic hardships and authoritarian rule of George W. Bush.



/Sarcasm off