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Eritrea
IOM’s Eritrean Refugee Relocation 07 April, 2015
Sudan
Yemen
Eritrea Tigray Djibouti
Tigray
Gulf of Aden
Somalia
Ethiopia CAR
Hitsats
South Sudan
Hitsats
Hitsats
Shimelba Shire Town
Uganda
Adwa Town
_
_
Endabaguna
DRC
Kenya 0
_
135 270
540 Km
·
Legend International Boundary Regional Boundary
Total Arrivals/ Registered and Relocated
Aksum Town
14,000
12,000
Sub office 10,000
Mai-Aini
Adi Harush
Mai Aini
Hitsats
8,000
Adi-Harush
Mai-aini Adiharush
6,000
]
Shimelba Total
Mekele Town
4,000
2,000
0
Total IOM
Boundaries
0
12.5
25
50 Km
·
International Boundary
]
Regional Capital
Regional Boundary
_
Other Towns
Zone Boundary Woreda Boundary
IOM’s presence
Dec
assisted in Tigray
Towns
Mar
Apr
Total
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 which identifies refugees’ fitness to travel before departure. IOM also provides water, biscuit and operational escort for all refugees. Moreover, additional medical escort has been assigned to pregnant/ lactating women, children, disabled, elders and other vulnerable refugees.
Relocation Direction IOM’s presence Major entry
Feb
Transportation and Medical Check up
12,200
Refugee Camps
Jan
bACKGROUND
points
IOM Eritrean Refugee Relocation 07 April, 2015 TRAVEL ROUTES FROM ENDABAGUNA Total by Month
Month
Hitsats
Mai-aini
Adiharush
Shimelba
Dec/14
1,500
60
77
5
1,642
Jan/15
919
-
1,695
18
2,632
Feb/15
2,871
429
260
21
3,581
Mar/15
2,480
446
725
10
3,66
Apr/15
-
109
567
8
Total By Camp
6,342
1,044
3,324
62
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.
684 12,200
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