Deep concern for thousands of Eritrean refugees ‘scattered’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray

In Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region there’s deep concern for thousands of Eritrean refugees whose camps have been found burned to the ground, confirming satellite imagery and testimony from those who have fled attacks. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/03/1088372
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Ethiopia conflict: thousands of Eritrean refugees flee new deadly attack on camp

18 Feb 2022

Thousands of Eritrean refugees sheltering at a camp in the Ethiopian Afar region, have fled following a deadly attack on the facility earlier this month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

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Tigray’s children in crisis and beyond reach, after months of conflict: UNICEF

27 Jan 2021

Three months since fighting began in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray, there’s grave concern for the plight of youngsters there, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF has warned.

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Access restored to Tigray camps sheltering Eritrean refugees

10 Aug 2021

In Ethiopia’s wartorn Tigray region, UN aid workers said on Tuesday that they have reached two refugee camps for Eritrean nationals for the first time since being cut off by fighting last month.