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I remain extremely troubled by the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and its impact on civilians, in particular Eritrean refugees

UNHCR Ethiopia COVID-19 and Operational Update 11 January 2021 Format 42,695 Handwashing facilities in camps 2,509 Health and community workers trained COVID-19 Operational Context As of 07 January 2021, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 127,227 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 1,966 deaths in the country. Ethiopia is currently registering the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the Horn of Africa. **COVID-19 Prevention and Response The Government’s Agency for Refugee and Retur...

Ongoing fighting in Tigray may cause secondary displacement, UNHCR says Addis Getachew   | 12.11.2020 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The UN Refugee Agency said on Thursday that the spreading war in Tigray region of Ethiopia may cause secondary displacements of Eritreas refugees sheltered at various camps. "UNHCR, in partnership with the Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), UN agencies and NGO partners has been extending protection and human...

25,000 refugees in Tigray region receive urgent UN food supplies December 28, 2020 File photo shows the Tigray region facing some of the toughest development challenges in Ethiopia. — courtesy UNICEF/Zerihun Sewunet GENEVA — Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October. "Families, women, men, children — even ne...

The United Nations Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October. “Families, women, men, children – even new-borns – have been cut off from supplies and essential services for many weeks, so this distribution was urgently needed,” said Ann Encontre, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Representative in Ethiopia. In coordination with federal Ethiopian ...

United Nations agencies deliver lifeline food assistance to 25,000 Eritrean refugees in Tigray Format ADDIS ABABA – Eritrean refugees in two camps in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia received a month’s worth of food supplies through a joint distribution by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Ethiopia’s Agency for Refugees and Returnee Affairs (ARRA). In coordination with Federal authorities, a convoy of 18 trucks delivered nearly 250 m...

defenceWeb Written by Reuters - Ethiopia’s government said on Friday it was returning Eritrean refugees to camps they had fled in the northern region of Tigray, a move that alarmed the United Nations refugee agency after a month-long conflict that is believed to have killed thousands of people. The United Nations and other aid agencies say they have been denied access to some 96 000 refugees in Tigray since fighting erupted on 4 November between the government and a rebellious regional force...

Views: Visits 5 Amidst “disturbing reports” from Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan, the UN refugee agency called on Friday for “unfettered access to Tigray in order to reach people in need”. Babar Baloch, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), repeated the joint UN call for all parties to “allow freedom of movement to affected civilians seeking assistance, safety and security within the Tigray region or outside the affected areas”. “This i...

English By Lisa Schlein Share on Facebook Print this page GENEVA - The International Organization for Migration rejects allegations that it is complicit in the forcible return of Eritrean refugees being held in one of its transit centers in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Media reports have said the International Organization for Migration is holding Eritrean refugees in one of its three transit centers in Addis Ababa.   Recent news re...

Refugee agency says it received reports of Eritreans in Ethiopian region being killed, abducted and forcibly returned.