[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya Aid group Refugees International has expressed concern about the reported relocation of more than 100 Eritrean refugees from areas near Addis Ababa to camps on the unstable border between Ethiopias Amhara and Tigray regions. We were detained for 4 months. These tensions are Eyoel Teame, a 31-year-old refugee from Eritrea who has been sheltered in Enda Aba Guna Camp for four months told Addis Zeybe that the UNHCR Addis Ababa office, is registering them to return them to the camps and he got Others were among the 96,000 who were in refugees in camps in Tigray, who fled to the capital after the camps were attacked by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces. he said. Addis Ababa, said he saw Eritrean soldiers dousing buildings in Hitsats camp in petrol and setting them alight immediately after the refugees were ordered to leave. concerns or security risks were relocated to Addis Ababa. UN: Eritrean Refugees in Tigray Face Humanitarian Crisis By Lisa Schlein February 07, 2021 09:03 AM Eritrean refugees queue during a distribution of items organized the UNHCR at Mai Aini Refugee camp, in Ethiopia, Jan. 30, 2021. Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia. The refugees saw themselves confronted by the very Eritrean troops they had managed not to join by fleeing across the border.
Monitoring Regional Issues. Global Edition. ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Eritrean refugees protested in the Ethiopian capital on Thursday, calling on the United Nations refugee agency to relocate friends and family who they say are trapped in two refugee camps by fighting in the Tigray region. 
Tigray region. The Eritrean diaspora is large, Stevenson said, and an estimated 35,000 live in Trusted News Discovery Since 2008. In Mekelle, Eritrean refugees from Hitsats and Shimelba camps continue to approach UNHCR, with 330 verified as of mid-April. The United Nations and other aid agencies say they have been denied access to some 96,000 refugees in 2020. We need UNHCR to move (the refugees) from the camp because the area is a war zone, said Hermon Hailu, 22, an Eritrean refugee participating in the protest in by Markus Rudolf In Ethiopias north, violent conflict is escalating. Eritrean refugees are among the most vulnerable populations affected by the atrocities, displacement, and deteriorating humanitarian situation in northern Ethiopia. However, Dr Asmelash is quietly optimistic that the fighting will soon come to an end. The programme also included Yemeni, Iraqi and Syrian refugees, who dont have designated refugee camps in Ethiopia. The government of Addis Ababa no longer considers them in need of humanitarian protection. February 16, 2021 Martin Plaut Ethiopia, News, Tigray. APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Latest report from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, suggested that the rebel Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) has attacked the Berhale refugee camp where Eritrean refugees are staying in Ethiopias Afar region. Many Eritrean refugees live in the suburb of Mebra Hailt in Ethiopia's Addis Ababa. It was closed in February 2021. Addis Ababa, June 26, 2021 (FBC) Ethiopian Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA) in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) finalized preparations to buid shelters for Eritrean refugees in Dabat, North Gondar Zone of Amhara Region. There are an estimated 180,000 Eritrean refugees total in Ethiopia, according to the UNHCR. Hundreds of Eritrean Christian refugees have been displaced to Ethiopias capital Addis Ababa following the war in Tigray. Monitoring Regional Issues. Ethiopian troops some of them special forces have seized Eritrean refugees who escaped the war in Tigray and reached the outskirts of Addis Ababa. He added that UNHCR had also been in contact with more than 2,000 refugees from Hitsats and Shimelba in Shire, Mekelle, Afar, and Addis Ababa. Refugees are issued with ID cards to regularize their stay in the Ethiopian capital. DECEMBER 11, 2020 1:04 AM Ethiopia returning Eritrean refugees to Tigray camps; U.N. concerned over move By Reuters Staff ADDIS ABABA/GENEVA (Reuters) Ethiopias government said on Friday it was returning Eritrean refugees to camps in the northern Tigray region, a move that prompted concerns from the United Nations refugee agency, which does not Serious civil strife erupted in Ethiopia in November 2020, pitting the central government in Addis Ababa against the Tigray Peoples Liberation I still have scars from the journey because I buried 42 people along the way, the oldest being only 32 years old. 18 Jul 2022 An Eritrean refugee is silhouetted behind a curtain in Addis Ababa on June 25. The announcement was made by the president of Addis Ababa University, Professor Andreas Eshete. Mariann Murvoll, Minister Counsellor at the Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa, attended the Demera celebration on Tuesday 26th of September, on the eve of Meskel The US embassy in Moscow interfered in Russia's affairs by backing anti-government rallies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, asking people to imagine the "discomfort" of Washington if Many Eritrean refugees have also been rounded up and detained in Addis Ababa, and in the Oromia special zone. I have now lived in Addis Ababa for 5 years as an urban refugee. Addis Ababa (HAN) September 14. Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia. Refugees International is deeply concerned about media reports that the Ethiopian government has rounded up more than 100 Eritrean refugees in and around Addis Ababa and forcibly moved them to the refugee camps near the unstable Amhara-Tigray border. Some of the detained Eritreans came to these areas from refugee camps in Tigray, after two of the camps were destroyed by Eritrean forces and thousands of inhabitants were forcibly returned to Eritrea. Clashes between armed groups have escalated in and aroundthe camps - Mai Aini and Adi Harush - and two refugees have We need UNHCR to move (the refugees) from the camp because the area is a war zone, said Hermon Hailu, 22, an Eritrean refugee participating in the protest in In collaboration with the University of Aksum we carried out 60 survey-based interviews during April, the hottest month in the camp.
We have returned from fieldwork in Hitsats, Eritrean refugee camp located in Tigray regional state in Northern Ethiopia. Furthering the efforts, we managed to transfer several refugees to Berahle refugee camp in the Afar region. ADDIS ABABA The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Sunday it has started relocating some 23,000 Eritrean refugees who had been stranded at camps in Tigray region in Ethiopia. In 2018, it housed over 15,000 refugees, nearly half under the age of 18. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR is registering refugees from Eritrea who left the refugee camps because of the conflict in Tigray region. Besides the two people killed, three were seriously injured and four more suffered minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital for monitoring. They need protection, but the camps they live in are exposed to violence from different parties. We also Eritrean refugees in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia today demonstrated opposing the killings and sufferings of their fellow brothers and sisters in Tigray region by Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF). He confirmed that two other camps for Eritrean nationals in northern Tigray - Shimelba and Hitsats had been destroyed at the start of this year, while welcoming the Ethiopian authorities decision since 4 August, to issue temporary identification documents to Eritrean refugees in Addis Ababa. The 25 year-old says he wants to Nairobi, Kenya Aid group Refugees International has expressed concern about the reported relocation of more than 100 Eritrean refugees from areas near Addis Ababa to Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have committed killings, rape, and other grave abuses against Eritrean refugees in Ethiopias Tigray region, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned about the fate of Eritrean refugees in Tigray. At the same time, just one country in Africa, Uganda, is sheltering more refugees than Ethiopia does. In 2021, however, as conditions in the Tigray region rapidly deteriorated for Eritrean refugees, thousands made the decision to self-relocate to Addis Ababa
In Ethiopias civil war, Eritrea's army exacted deadly vengeance on old foes. When we refused, they tortured us by hanging us upside down and burning us with plastic. ADDIS ABABA Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA) said it has found the whereabouts of 10, 000 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia. Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia now face the risk of being repatriated. Talks and a visit to Addis Ababa in December by Abdalla Hamdok, Sudans prime minister, have failed to resolve the matter. Addis Ababa Univerisity will admit 100 Eritreans now camped at various refugee camps in Northern Ethiopia. Addis Abeba, June 26/2020 Twenty-three year old Simon left his native Eritrea seven years ago, crossing the border into neighboring Ethiopia where he still resides.He uses remittances from relatives in Canada to rent a two room apartment in Addis Abebas Lafto Ethiopian troops holding Eritrean refugees in Addis Ababa. The UN has sounded the alarm over reported targeted killings and abductions by Eritrean soldiers, whose role in the conflict is widely documented but officially denied by Four to eight people live in two-room apartments, paying $150 per month. The long-dormant border crossings re-opened with such fanfare between Eritrea and Ethiopia last year as a symbol of warming relations are all now closed but that isnt stopping a steady flow of Eritrean refugees from fleeing across the heavily militarised frontier. For Eritrean refugees living in Addis Ababa, life is becoming increasingly uncertain as a result of the alliance between Abiy and Afwerki. ADDIS ABABA. Only 22,000 registered refugees reside in Addis Ababa, the majority of whom are Eritreans. More than 5,200 refugees were registered in Addis Ababa and registration has continued. Some of the detained Eritreans came to these areas from refugee camps in Tigray, after two of the camps were destroyed by Eritrean forces and thousands of inhabitants were forcibly returned to Eritrea. Addis Ababa, where over 45,000 urban refugees reside, UNHCR is communicating with refugees via telephone helplines, WhatsApp and Telegram groups. For historical reasons, the former is exclusively for Eritrean refugees who are able Yet Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia fear their suffering may not be over, They threatened to kill us and people were afraid, said one refugee now in Addis Ababa, who asked that his name not be used. The government of Addis Ababa no longer considers them in need of humanitarian protection. ADDIS ABABA,ETHIOPIA, July 29 (Reuters) Hundreds of Eritrean refugees protested in the Ethiopian capital on Thursday, calling on the United Nations refugee agency to relocate friends and family who they say are trapped in two refugee camps by fighting in the Tigray region. Aid group Refugees International has expressed concern about the reported relocation of more than 100 Eritrean refugees from areas near Addis Ababa Read more on voanews.com.
Eritrean refugees have organised a protest in front of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) office in the capital, Addis Ababa, demanding the relocation of thousands of refugees from camps in the war-torn Tigray region. GENEVA The U.N. refugee agency is warning that thousands of Eritrean refugees in northern Ethiopias conflict-ridden Tigray province unhcr . Refugees International is deeply concerned about media reports that the Ethiopian government has rounded up more than 100 Eritrean refugees in and around Addis Ababa and forcibly moved them to the refugee camps near the unstable Amhara-Tigray border. We did our fieldwork in three Eritrean refugee camps in the Tigray region and in Addis Ababa, with urban refugees and policymakers. As one Eritrean refugee explained in Addis Ababa, this summer, Its possible to move to Mexico or Guatemala for $3,500 per person from Uganda. By Chala Dandessa. Two legal exceptions to encampment have allowed refugees to live in Addis: the Out-of-Camp Policy (OCP) and the Urban Assistance Program (UAP). The new conflict has exposed Eritreans who live in refugee camps in Tigray to brutal and recurring violence. After Eritrean and Tigrayan forces reportedly attacked the camps, many of the refugees fled to the Amhara and Afar regions, with others moving to the capital, Addis Ababa. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. 2020. According to UNHCR, 800,000 refugees and asylum seekers were registered in 2020, including just under 22,000 in the capital Addis Ababa (75 per cent Eritreans). Report: Eritrean Refugees Relocated from Addis Ababa to Dangerous Area. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. ADDIS ABABA - Hundreds of Eritrean refugees protested in the Ethiopian capital on Thursday, calling on the United Nations refugee agency to relocate friends and family who they say are trapped in two refugee camps by fighting in the Tigray region. Hundreds of thousands of Eritreans have sought refuge in Ethiopia in recent decades, and the country currently has some 149,000 Eritrean refugees. The agency said 4,600 of them have already returned to refugee camps. However, the embassy gave them detailed forms to fill up and informed them each traveler must pay $300 dollars to cover the cost of travel ticket in a chartered Ethiopian Airlines flight. About 300 protesters on Thursday blocked a road that led to the UNHCR office, holding signs that said Stop abuse of [] Ethiopias government said on Friday it was returning Eritrean refugees to camps they had fled in Tigray, a move that provoked alarm from the Others, such as Even, who arrived in Addis Ababa from the Eritrean capital Asmara three weeks ago, have yet to register but plan to do so.