UN Relocates 15,000 Eritrean Refugees in EthiopiaOctober 20, 2017 - The UN Migration Agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), has relocated over 15,000 Eritrean refugees from Tigray Region of Ethiopia. In cooperation with the Ethiopian government and the UNHCR, IOM has medically screened and transported newly arrived Eritrean refugees from the Reception Centre in Endabaguna/Shire to four refugee camps in the North of Ethiopia, reports IOM. According to official figures, there were 21,215 new Eritrean refugee arrivals to Ethiopia in 2016 while over 20,000 have arrived in 2017 to date. Most of the refugees are youth with 46 per cent of the total transported by IOM aged between 18-24 years old. I would have probably ended up as a teacher and earned a meagre salary which would have been just enough to stay alive,” said Goitom, one of the young refugees.

Source: Ethiopian News October 20, 2017 18:33 UTC