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This background paper was prepared for the OECD Development Centre’s Policy Dialogue on Migration and Development in Paris on 2 October 2017. It is submitted to delegates for information.The paper reviews the limited but growing literature on the economic impact of refugees on low and middle-income destination countries, showing that there are both winners and […]

Ethiopia is one of the main refugee-hosting countriesin Africa, with more than 900,000 refugees andasylum seekers in 2023. Many live in camps butincreasing numbers are moving to cities. Ethiopia’sinternational commitments and new legislation providescope for policy innovation, to which this workingpaper contributes. The paper reports findings of theProtracted Displacement in an Urban World project REAMORE

A general view of Hitsats refugee camp in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, photographed in 2019. Natalia Paszkiewicz/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights, opens new tabGENEVA, July 13 (Reuters) – A group of United Nations investigators and experts called on Ethiopia on Thursday to halt the deportation of Eritreans, as well as the arbitrary detention of […]

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

እቶም ብሰነ ካብ ኢትዮጵያ ብጅምላ ዝተሰጐጕ ኤርትራውያን ኣበይ ኣተው? 21 ሓምለ 2023, 08:26 EAT ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰነ 2023፡ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኢትዮጵያ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቶም ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታትን ሓተቲ ዑቕባን ክግበር ዝጸንሐ ማእሰርቲ ደው ክብል ጸዊዑ ነይሩ። ብዙሓት ካብቶም ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዝነብሩ ሓተትቲ ዑቕባን ስደተኛታትን ኤርትራውያን ናብቲ […]

ዋሽንግተን —  ብሪጣንያ ናብ ሃገራ ንዝኣትዉ ብኣሽሓት ዝቑጸሩ ስደተኛታት ንምኽልካል ዝዓለመ እማመ ዘይሕጋዊ ስደት ብሪጣንያ ምስቲ ዓለምለኻዊ ሕጊ ዝጋጮ ምዃኑ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ትማሊ ሰሉስ ኣፍሊጡ። እዚ ብባይቶ ዝፀደቐን ብንጉስ ቻርለስ ሳልሳይ ክፍረም ወግዓውነት ዝፅበ ዘሎ እማመ ብጃልባ ዝመፁ ስደተኛታት ኣብ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ዑቕባ ናይ ምሕታት መሰል ዝኽልክል እዩ። እቲ እማመ ምስ ግዴታ’ታ ሃገር ብመሰረት ኣህጉራዊ […]