Eritrean players scared to go home

Bayford told this publication that the Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights, a non-profit organisation based in Pretoria, has engaged his law firm to help keep their countrymen in Botswana because they seek political asylum.

“Our client told us that about 10 football players from the country declined to board a plane home this morning stating that they needed political asylum, they were then taken into custody for interviewing,” he said.