An Open Letter to H.E. Filippo GRANDI, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Case Postale 2500 CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt, SUISSE Date: 12/10/2021…
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EXCLUSIVE HRW: Eritrean and Tigrayan forces killed and raped refugees
Eritrean forces arrived in the northern town of Hitsats on Nov. 19, killed residents, and pillaged and occupied the refugee…
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Open Letter from Eritrea Focus: Eritrean refugees in Tigray
Eritreans in Addis Ababa call on UN to move refugees away from the war in Tigray
Eritreans are demonstrating outside the UNHCR offices in Bole, Addis Ababa. They are appealing to the UN to act to…
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Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
“I have been disturbed by general criminality against refugees committed, mainly at night, by various armed actors in the Mai…
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New exile for Eritrean refugees fleeing Ethiopia
Eye-witness account of attack on Shimelba refugee camp, Tigray. “Some of the soldiers were Eritreans, some of them were (Ethiopian)…
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The 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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Tigray: Brutal Militia Attacked Refugees in Mai Ayni
On 27th February, armed men entered Mai Aini refugee camp and terrorised the inhabitants all night. 2nd March 2021 At about 1:20a.m. on…
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Tigray: What happened when Eritrean troops captured the refugee camps of Shimelba
Source: EEPA According to a witness who was an Eritrean refugee in the Shimelba camp in Tigray Eritrean troops entered…
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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…
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