In February 2017, 3,367 Eritreans arrived in Ethiopia, according to Ethiopia’s Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs. There are around 165,000 Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers in Ethiopia, according to the UN refugee agency. He explains that the three of them were farmers from the same village who, when drafted into national service, were posted to different locations along the Ethiopian border. Opened in 2004, Shimelba was the first Ethiopian camp for Eritrean refugees. (TOP PHOTO: The rugged landscape of northern Ethiopia's Tigray region, which lies on the Eritrean border.

Source: Ethiopian News March 16, 2017 16:07 UTC