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Why Eritrean refugees choose the risky migration to Europe

Why Eritrean refugees choose the risky migration to Europe

IN November 2020, fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia destroyed a secondary school which opened in 2018 in the Hitsats refugee camp. The school was attended by both refugees and Ethiopians. AMANDA POOLE, Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania JENNIFER RIGGAN, Associate Professor of International Studies, Arcadia University Hitsats was opened in 2013 to accommodate Eritrean refugees. In 2018, it housed over 15,000 refugees, nearly half under the age of 18. It was closed in February 2021. Ethiopia has a reputation for hosting long-term refugees. It’s the second largest host country in Africa with a hosting history that…
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Dutch charity says employee killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Dutch charity says employee killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

DUTCH charity ZOA said one of its employees had been killed at a refugee camp in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia where the military has been fighting rebel forces. The charity said in a statement that the 52-year-old worker was killed in Hitsats refugee camp. He had worked for the charity for 10 years and leaves a wife and seven children. It did not name him or give any details of the killing. "We confirm with great sadness that our colleague was murdered during the recent conflict while on duty for ZOA," Edwin Visser, ZOA's Chief Programme Officer, said…
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