6 hours agoUN: Fighting in Ethiopia expected to push 200,000 people out of their homes
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Violence in Ethiopia's north is likely to alienate 200 thousand people in neighbouring Sudan over the next few months, UN agencies have warned, adding that food, housing and medicines were there. The number of refugees crossing the border has already exceeded the rate for which the agency has been prepared with 11,000 people, [...]
The number of refugees who have crossed the border has already exceeded the figure for which the agency is prepared with 11,000 people, UN officials say.
“Basca with all agencies, we've built a plan for about 20 thousand people and we're already in the figure of 31 thousand, so this is the exceeded figure,” Axel Bisschop said. “The planned new figures are about 200,000. ”
Fighting in the Tigary region has also left more than 2 million children in urgent need of assistance, with thousands of others at risk in refugee camps in Sudan, Unicefi said.
The agency is particularly concerned about the possibility of spreading the disease among refugees, with half of them children.
