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@RefugeesMedia - 04/02/2022
Burkina Faso is also facing an internal displacement crisis. The number of IDPs grew by 50 per cent last year to over 1.5 million, giving it one of the highest proportions of inhabitants that are internally displaced in Africa
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/02/2022
Around 7,000 Burkinabe have arrived in north-western Cote d’Ivoire since May last year. The influx has accelerated in the past six weeks – though is not seen as linked to the recent military coup in Burkina Faso – with an average of 100 people recently crossing the border daily
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/02/2022
Insecurity drives more Burkinabe into exile, further straining fragile Sahel region https://t.co/dfdU5pwdCW via @refugees
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/02/2022
With the fighting continuing, a cessation of conflict is essential to avoid further threats to civilian lives in the region. Tragically, refugees who had sought and enjoyed safety and were rebuilding their lives have now lost everything all over again.
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/02/2022
UNHCR is working with the Ethiopian Government’s Refugee and Returnees Service (RRS) and partners to provide the most urgent assistance to displaced refugees, including hot meals, clean water, and medical care.
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/02/2022
After the violence erupted, over 20,000 refugees made their way over long distances to three different sites closer to Assosa, the regional capital, arriving exhausted and in need of assistance.
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/02/2022
This followed the looting of another camp in the area in late December. A total of 22,000 people in both camps were then cut off from access and assistance Humanitarian staff have to evacuate and access to the area including the two camps of Tongo and Gure-Shembola is impossible
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/02/2022
Fighting broke out on 18 January in the town of Tongo – reportedly between unidentified armed groups and federal forces – and the nearby camp hosting 10,300 refugees was looted and burned
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@RefugeesMedia - 04/02/2022
UNHCR, partners rush to aid thousands of refugees in Benishangul Gumuz region of Ethiopia More than 20,000 refugees have fled clashes in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, bordering Sudan and South Sudan https://t.co/7MnheCcDkI via @refugees
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@RefugeesMedia - 03/02/2022
The attack, thought to have been carried out by a non-state armed group, occurred less than 3 months after deadly attack on the displacement sites Drodro and Tche in the same area. Some 44 people were killed in that attack, which forced tens of thousands of people to flee
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