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Eritrea
IOM’s Eritrean Refugee Relocation 24 March, 2015
Sudan
Yemen
Eritrea Tigray Djibouti
Tigray
Gulf of Aden
Somalia
Ethiopia CAR
Hitsats
Hitsats
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
12,000
Endabaguna
Sub office 10,000
Mai-Aini
Adi-Harush
Mai Aini
Adi Harush
8,000 Dec
]
Mekele Town
Jan
6,000
Feb Mar Total By Camp
4,000
Total IOM
Boundaries International Boundary
0
12.5
25
50 Km
·
assisted in Tigray
Towns
Regional Boundary
] _
9,000
Regional Capital Other Towns
Zone Boundary
Refugee Camps
Woreda Boundary
IOM’s presence Major entry
Hitsats
points
Mai-aini
Adiharush
Shimelba
Adiharush
Shimelba
Total by Month
bACKGROUND
TRAVEL ROUTES FROM ENDABAGUNA Hitsats
Mai-aini
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.
IOM Eritrean Refugee Relocation 24 March, 2015 Month
0
Transportation and Medical Check up
Relocation Direction
IOM’s presence
2,000
Total by Month
Dec
1,500
60
77
5
1,642
Jan
919
0
1,695
18
2,632
Feb
2,871
429
260
21
3,581
Mar
1,052
86
0
7
1,145
Total By Camp
6,342
578
2,032
51
9,000
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.