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A full-scale humanitarian crisis has been unfolding in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. More than 46,000 people fled to neighboring Sudan and another 1.7 million have been internally displaced.
Since 2020, more than 46,000 refugees have fled violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, finding refuge in neighboring Sudan. Meet four refugees from the Tigray region and see how they are rebuilding.
UNHCR is extremely worried about the fate of thousands of Eritrean refugees currently trapped in two refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as conflict escalates in and around the camps.
Conflict has threatened the lives of thousands of people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. But despite adversity, refugees continue to show compassion to those around them.
UNHCR is deeply alarmed at the deteriorating conditions faced by Eritrean refugees in the camps in Tigray.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners have regained access to the Mai Aini and Adi Harush camps for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Learn about the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, who the refugees are, and the reasons for their displacement.
The number of Ethiopian refugees streaming into eastern Sudan has now surpassed 40,000 since the crisis in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region began.
The UN Refugee Agency is working with partner organizations and the Sudanese government to establish programs to help vulnerable Ethiopian refugees and their host communities.
Millions of individuals have been forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations. Learn more about the number of refugees from various regions and the countries in which they are most often resettling.
Take a look inside five of the largest refugee camps and see what life is like for the refugees who live there.
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
With more than 900,000 refugees and asylum-seekers living inside the country, Ethiopia is home to the second largest refugee population in Africa.
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