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Methodology Defining the content The terms of reference for the report were developed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), based on the needs for COI on specific issues relevant for PSD in Switzerland. Additional input was provided by the EASO-COI Specialist network on Eritrea in February, 2015. This Country Focus, after introductory chapters on general country information and the political system, describes the following topics: national service, prisons, religion, identity documents, and (illegal) exit. Collecting information The report is based on publicly available reports of COI units, UN agencies, human rights organisations, scholars, official and NGO papers, government and diaspora media; it has been completed with information obtained from interviews e.g. during information-gathering missions. For security r<strong>easo</strong>ns, not all contacts were named; the choice had to be made between not interviewing them at all and referring to them as ‘anonymous sources’. Considering the value of the information provided, the latter approach was preferred. Quality control In order to ensure that the writer respected the EASO-COI Report Methodology, a review was carried out by COI specialists from the countries listed as reviewers in the Acknowledgements section. Furthermore, the external expert, Dan Connell, was contracted to review the report from an academic point of view. All comments made by the reviewers were taken into consideration and most of them were implemented in the final draft of this report.
Map of Eritrea Source: State Secretariat for Migration 2015 (Switzerland) (7). All borders and names used on this and other maps in this report do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union. The border line between Eritrea and Ethiopia corresponds to the Eritrea- Ethiopia Boundary Commission’s ruling of 2002 (8). Since the ruling has not been implemented, the de facto border line diverges from that line at several points (9). (7) Map created by State Secretariat for Migration (Switzerland), 2015, based on Eritrean Demining Authority et al., Landmine Impact Survey — 2004 [map], 2004; UN Cartographic Section; Eritrea [map], n.d.; Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, International Boundary between the State of Eritrea and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [map], 2002. (8) Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, International Boundary between the State of Eritrea and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [map], 2002. (9) TesfaNews, Africa’s Cuba: Eritrea Endures 13 Years of Illegal Occupation and Sanctions, 16 April 2015.
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