GENEVA - The United Nations and other agencies are rushing to relocate thousands of refugees camped out along the disputed Sudan-Ethiopia border to safer areas further away. Tensions along the border region between Sudan and Ethiopia have grown since the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray province started in early November. Since then, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that more than 58,000 Ethiopian refugees have fled for safety across the border into Sudan. This is due to the fact that we do not want the refugees to be residing so close to the border," said Bisschop. He says additional funding is required to quickly set up the remaining services and to ensure the increasing needs of the Ethiopian refugees are being met.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2021 17:03 UTC