Migration Reporter Emile Kossen: 'the World Opened up for Me in Conversations with Eritreans'

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"Actually, no one in the Netherlands has ever really asked what life was like in Eritrea." A young Eritrean man makes the comment casually, after we've been chatting for an hour. He's been talking about his childhood on the other side of the world, his forced flight. He's lived here for over 10 years and tells me, in fluent Dutch, about his fascinating homeland.