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Eritrea
IOM’s Eritrean Refugee Relocation 11 March, 2015
Sudan
Yemen
Eritrea Tigray Djibouti
Gulf of Aden
Somalia
Ethiopia
Tigray
CAR
Hitsats
Shimelba Shire Town Endabaguna
DRC
Adwa Town
_
_
South Sudan
Uganda
Kenya 0
135 270
540 Km
·
Legend International Boundary Regional Boundary
_
Total Arrivals/ Registered and Relocated
Aksum Town
10,000 Sub office
9,000 8,000
Mai-Aini
7,000
Adi-Harush
Dec
6,000
]
Mekele Town
Jan
5,000
Feb
4,000
Mar
3,000
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
1,000 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
Total By Camp
2,000
points
bACKGROUND
IOM Eritrean Refugee Relocation 11 March, 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
1,695
18
2,632
Feb
2,871
429
260
21
3,581
Mar
1,390
194
32
7
1,623
Total By Camp
4,702
427
2,034
37
9,478
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.