Addis Ababa, July 14, 2021 (FBC) – Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other international agencies are receiving reports about the precarious situation of Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers in Tigray.
Speaking to the Ethiopian Herald, Agency Communication and External Relations Director Beakal Nigussie stated that reliable information has been gained about the dire situations of Eritrean refugees that were sheltered in Hitsats and Shimelba refugee camps in the northern part of Tigray.
In its latest statement, UNHCR said that it has received credible and corroborated reports of reprisal attacks, abductions, arrests, and violence meted out against Eritrean refugees in the hands of TPLF remnants.
Noting 9,000 Eritrean refugees relocated from Hitsats, Shimelba to Mai Ayni and Harush refugee camps in Southern Tigray with better facilities and safety, Beakal highlighted that the remaining are living out of the northern camps and being vulnerable to the reported assaults. Additional 4,000 Eritrean refugees are registered in the capital Addis Ababa.