Eritrean forces arrived in the northern town of Hitsats on Nov. 19, killed residents, and pillaged and occupied the refugee…
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UNHCR reaches destroyed camps in northern Tigray - statement
Source: UNHCR This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be…
Read moreThe UN Refugee Agency says it now can travel to any part of Tigray
The UN Refugee Agency - the UNHCR - says that it has been given permission to travel to any part…
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Here are the massacres in Tigray. Witnesses: priests and civilians horribly slaughtered
Source: Avenier The massacres in Tigray. Witnesses: priests and civilians horribly slaughtered Paolo Lambruschi on Sunday 14 February 2021 The confirmations…
Read moreUNHCR Tigray - thousands of Eritrean refugees sleeping rough “in dire conditions”
Source: UNHCR UNHCR finds dire need in Eritrean refugee camps cut off in Tigray conflict This is a summary of…
Read more‘Major violations’ of international law at Tigray refugee camps
Source: Al Jazeera 15 Jan 2021 There have been significant violations of international law at two refugee camps in Ethiopia’s…
Read more“More than 10,000 Eritrean refugees forcibly returned to Eritrea” - report
An Eritrean, whose wife was in Shimelba refugee camp in Tigray, says that more than 10,000 refugees have been forcibly…
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BREAKING: Eritrean Refugees in UNHCR camp in Tigray being forcibly returned to Eritrea
The following has been learned via a reliable source, but there is no further information at present. UNHCR are checking…
Read moreEritrean refugees “forcibly conscripted from UN camps to fight in Mekelle”
This news comes from two different sources. It has been gathered from the camps holding some 100,000 Eritrean refugees in…
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