‘Full scale’ humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ethiopia’s Tigray: UNHCR

A “full-scale humanitarian crisis” is unfolding as thousands of refugees flee ongoing fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region each day to seek safety in eastern Sudan, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Tuesday.

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UNHCR relocates victims of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict to new site in Sudan

05 Jan 2021

A second refugee camp has opened in Sudan for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region carrying “little more than the clothes on their backs”, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), said on Tuesday.

UN refugee agency appeals for $147 million to support thousands of Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan

30 Nov 2020

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has launched an appeal for $147 million to support as many as 100,000 people fleeing Ethiopia’s Tigray region into neighbouring Sudan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Monday.

UNHCR asks Ethiopia for urgent access to 96,000 Eritreans cut off without food

01 Dec 2020

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealed to Ethiopia on Tuesday for urgent access to 96,000 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying the month-long conflict in Tigray had left them without vital supplies.