FORCED RELOCATION DISTROYS THE FABRIC OF ORIGIN, IDENTITY AND ENTITY OF THE ERITREAN SOCIETY

Forced relocation is in a way eviction or forced removal of people from their farm land or land owner ship by what ever means. The removals of large population or communities from their farm lands by their government rather than those induced by natural factors or disasters such as fires, floods, earthquakes or wars are officially sanctioned act which has many harmful consequences for the affected groups and it is usually violent and socially, economically or ethnically disastrous.