The scene has become all-too-common during Ethiopia's drawn-out war: thousands of Eritrean refugees, shell-shocked and separated from loved ones, fleeing on foot through harsh terrain to escape artillery and gunfire. The attack marked the first time Eritrean refugees were targeted outside Tigray, where the war began, and was the first such assault on Eritrean refugees belonging to the ethnic Afar minority. "Ethiopia is no longer a safe place for Eritrean refugees –- that's quite clear." Before the current conflict broke out, some 113,000 Eritrean refugees were registered in Tigray and Afar, according to the UN. "We have a special duty to Eritrean refugees, who have no one in their corner, who have no one protecting them."

Source: Ethiopian News March 01, 2022 02:03 UTC