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Ethiopia is one of the main refugee-hosting countries in Africa, with more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers in 2023. Many live in camps but increasing numbers are moving to cities. Ethiopia’s international commitments and new legislation provide scope for policy innovation, to which this working paper contributes. The paper reports findings of the ‘Protracted […]

Shire Operation: Due to the increasing influx of refugees, UNHCR and ARRA, opened and established a fourth camp (Hitsats). On average, new arrivals are estimated at about 1500 individuals every month. Key achievements in 2013 include: Construction of permanent and user friendly shelters in Mai-Aini, Adi-Harush and Hitsats Participation in vocational training activities for some […]

Our research on Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia shows that while towns and cities offer more opportunities for refugee livelihoods than camps, numerous barriers limit urban refugees’ opportunities for creating independent livelihoods and integrating into Ethiopian society. In camps, the economy depends mainly on humanitarian aid, and refugees in Aysaita camp struggle with lack of employment […]

GENEVA (13 July 2023) – UN experts today* condemned Ethiopia’s summary expulsion of hundreds of Eritreans at the end of June. They called on the authorities to immediately halt any further deportations and put an end to the continuing reports of arbitrary detention of Eritrean refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants. “Collective expulsions are prohibited under international […]

Eritrea continues to suppress basic rights, including to freedom of opinion, religion, and expression, with heightened restrictions in the context of forced mass conscription. Eritrean security forces continued to commit serious rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigra READMORE