IOM’s Eritrean Refugee Relocation, 7 April 2015
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0 25 50 12.5 Km · Boundaries International Boundary Regional Boundary Zone Boundary Woreda Boundary _ ] _ _ ] _ Towns Mai-Aini Regional Capital Other Towns Refugee Camps Adi-Harush Endabaguna Mekele Town Adwa Town Shire Town Aksum Town Shimelba Hitsats INFO-GRAPHICS TIGRAY REGION: IOM’S Eritrean Refugee Relocaon 07 April, 2015 TOTAL IOM ASSISTED IN TIGRAY TIGRAY ERITREA SUB OFFICE Hitsats Mai Aini Adi Harush Hitsats TRANSPORTATION AND MEDICAL CHECK UP BACKGROUND IOM Sub-office in Shire deployed two dedicated buses and a van to relocate the refugees and their belongings. IOM has assigned doctors and nurses to conduct Pre-Departure Medical Screening which idenfies refugees’ fitness to travel before departure. IOM also provides water, biscuit and operaonal escort for all refugees. Moreover, addional medical escort has been assigned to pregnant/ lactang women, children, disabled, elders and other vulnerable refugees. Following ARRA and UNHCR’s request, IOM has started providing transportaon assistance for Eritrean refugees registered at Endabaguna screening centre by the Government of Ethiopia and UNHCR since 19 December, 2014. Currently Ethiopia is hosng more than 76,000 Eritreans in four camps namely, Adi- Harush, Hitsats, Mai-Aini and Shimelba, in Tigray Region. In comparison to the number of refugees entering Ethiopia since 1998, there has been a large number of refugees entering into the country starng from March 2014, where monthly arrival rate have been registered at an average ranging between 2,000 and 2,500. TOTAL ARRIVALS/ REGISTERED AND RELOCATED Relocaon Direcon Major entry points Kenya Somalia Uganda Sudan Eritrea Ethiopia South Sudan Yemen Saudi Arabia Tigray Red Sea Gulf of Aden Djibouti Legend International Boundary Regional Boundary 0 270 540 135 Km · IOM ERITREAN REFUGEE RELOCATION 07 APRIL, 2015 TRAVEL ROUTES FROM ENDABAGUNA MONTH HITSATS MAI-AINI ADIHARUSH SHIMELBA TOTAL BY MONTH DEC/14 1,500 60 77 5 1,642 JAN/15 919 - 1,695 18 2,632 FEB/15 2,871 429 260 21 3,581 MAR/15 2,480 446 725 10 3,66 APR/15 - 109 567 8 684 TOTAL BY CAMP 6,342 1,044 3,324 62 12,200 IOM’s presence 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Total Hitsats Mai-aini Adiharush Shimelba Total International Organization for Migration (IOM) Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM)
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IOM’s Eritrean Refugee Relocation, 7 April 2015
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Boundaries
International Boundary
Regional Boundary
Zone Boundary
Woreda Boundary
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Towns
Mai-Aini
Regional Capital
Other Towns
Refugee Camps
Adi-Harush
Endabaguna
Mekele Town
Adwa Town
Shire Town Aksum Town
ShimelbaHitsats
Info-graphIcs TIgray regIon: IOM’s Eritrean Refugee Relocation 07 April, 2015
12,200
ToTal IoM assIsTed In
TIgray
Tigray
EritrEa
sub OffIce
Hitsats
Mai AiniAdi Harush
Hitsats
TransporTaTIon and MedIcal check up
background
IOM Sub-office in Shire deployed two dedicated buses and a van to relocate the refugees and their belongings. IOM has assigned doctors and nurses to conduct Pre-Departure Medical Screening which identifies refugees’ fitness to travel before departure. IOM also provides water, biscuit and operational escort for all refugees. Moreover, additional medical escort has been assigned to pregnant/lactating women, children, disabled, elders and other vulnerable refugees.
Following ARRA and UNHCR’s request, IOM has started providing transportation assistance for Eritrean refugees registered at Endabaguna screening centre by the Government of Ethiopia and UNHCR since 19 December, 2014. Currently Ethiopia is hosting more than 76,000 Eritreans in four camps namely, Adi-Harush, Hitsats, Mai-Aini and Shimelba, in Tigray Region. In comparison to the number of refugees entering Ethiopia since 1998, there has been a large number of refugees entering into the country starting from March 2014, where monthly arrival rate have been registered at an average ranging between 2,000 and 2,500.
ToTal arrIvals/ regIsTered and relocaTed
IOM’s presence
Relocation Direction
Major entry points
Kenya
Somalia
UgandaDRC
CAR
Chad
LibyaEgypt
Sudan Eritrea
Ethiopia
South Sudan
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Tigray
R e d S e a
G u l f o f A d e nDjibouti
Legend
International Boundary
Regional Boundary0 270 540135 Km·
IoM erITrean refugee relocaTIon 07 aprIl, 2015
TRAVEL ROUTES FROM ENDABAGUNA
MONTH HITSATS MAI-AINI ADIHARUSH SHIMELBA ToTal by MonTh
DEC/14 1,500 60 77 5 1,642
JAN/15 919 - 1,695 18 2,632
FEB/15 2,871 429 260 21 3,581
MAR/15 2,480 446 725 10 3,66
APR/15 - 109 567 8 684
ToTal by caMp 6,342 1,044 3,324 62 12,200
IOM’s presence
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4,000
6,000
8,000
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Dec Jan feb Mar Apr Total
Hitsats
Mai-aini
Adiharush
Shimelba
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International Organization for Migration (IOM)Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM)Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM)
