sentences:  As a result, they suffer from morale problems and some Eritreans even leave the country to dodge the draft.By 2017 the numbers of Eritreans fleeing the draft to other countries has reached the thousands.Desertion has become such a serious problem that entire companies have been "hollowed out" and reduced to the size of platoons as large numbers have soldiers and junior officers have fled, often to either neighboring Sudan or to a lesser extent, Ethiopia.