The Eritrean government is turning its country into a giant prison, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch.

For this week's Assignment Pascale Harter travels to Sicily, where thousands of Eritrean refugees arrive every year.

They give a rare insight into the secretive set up of a country that's been branded the North Korea of Africa, where police round up children for national service without end and parents are imprisoned if their children escape. A place where family members inform on each other. To Listen Click: READ MORE and then:  Escape from Eritrea – Assignment By BBC's Pascale Harter