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Ethiopian Refugees Prevented from Fleeing to Eastern Sudan

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The United Nations refugee agency reports fewer Ethiopian
   refugees are arriving in eastern Sudan because of the many obstacles
   they encounter while trying to flee the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray
   region.

   In the weeks following the Ethiopian government's November 4 military
   assault on Tigray, thousands of refugees were crossing the border every
   day. However, over the past week, the UNHCR says fewer than 500 a day
   have been arriving.

   UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch said some are coming from deeper inside
   Tigray, and they arrive weak and exhausted after a long two-week trek
   to the border.

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