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

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.

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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.

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.

‘Swift action’ needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns

19 Jan 2021

Two months after conflict forced humanitarian workers to withdraw from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), on Tuesday, stressed the need for “swift action” to restore safe access to “save thousands of lives at risk”.