Egypt Libya Saudi Arabia
R
Info-graphics Tigray Region:
e d S e a
Chad
Eritrea
IOM’s Eritrean Refugee Relocation 24 February, 2015
Sudan
Yemen
Eritrea Tigray Djibouti
Gulf of Aden
Somalia
Ethiopia
Tigray
CAR
Hitsats
Shimelba
DRC
Shire Town
Uganda
Adwa Town
_
_
South Sudan
Kenya 0
135 270
540 Km
·
Legend International Boundary Regional Boundary
_
Total Arrivals/ Registered and Relocated
Aksum Town
8,000
Endabaguna
Sub office
7,000 6,000
Mai-Aini
Adi-Harush
5,000
]
Mekele Town
Dec Jan
4,000
Feb 3,000
Total
2,000
Total IOM
Boundaries
0
12.5
25
50 Km
·
assisted in Tigray
Towns
International Boundary
]
Regional Capital
Regional Boundary
_
Other Towns
Zone Boundary
7,200
Refugee Camps
Woreda Boundary
IOM’s presence Major entry
0 Hitsats
Mai-aini
Adiharush
Shimelba
Total by Month
Transportation and Medical Check up IOM Sub-office in Shire deployed two dedicated buses and a van to relocate the refugees and their belongings. IOM has assigned doctors and nurses to conduct Pre-Departure Medical Screening and health assessments which identifies refugees’ fitness to travel before departure. IOM also provides water, biscuit and operational escort for all refugees. Moreover, aditional medical escort has been assigned to pregnant/lactating women, children, disabled, elders and other vulnerable refugees.
Relocation Direction
IOM’s presence
1,000
points
bACKGROUND
IOM Eritrean Refugee Relocation 24 February, 2015 TRAVEL ROUTES FROM ENDABAGUNA Total by Month
Month
Hitsats
Mai-aini
Adiharush
Shimelba
Dec
1,500
60
77
5
1,642
Jan
919
0
1,697
16
2,632
Feb
2,283
367
260
16
1,993
Total By Camp
4,702
427
2,034
37
7,200
Following ARRA and UNHCR’s request, IOM has started providing transportation assistance for Eritrean refugees registered at Endabaguna screening centre by the Government of Ethiopia and UNHCR since 19 December, 2014. Currently Ethiopia is hosting more than 76,000 Eritreans in four camps namely, AdiHarush, Hitsats, Mai-Aini and Shimelba, in Tigray Region. In comparison to the number of refugees entering Ethiopia since 1998, there has been a large number of refugees entering into the country starting from March 2014, where monthly arrival rate have been registered at an average ranging between 2,000 and 2,500. From the total 7,200 refugees IOM assisted, 527 were Unaccompanied minors.