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A woman braids a girl's hair in the Hamdeyat refugee transit camp, which houses Ethiopian refugees fleeing the fighting in the Tigray region, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, Sudan, 30 November 2020.
Dozens of children are still waiting to be reunited with their families after crossing into Sudan alone to flee conflict in Ethiopia’s t region, aid agencies said, warning that they could be at risk of abuse, trafficking and child labour.
More than 58 000 Ethiopian refugees have crossed into Sudan – about a third of them children – since fighting erupted in the northern region in November between federal troops and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).