Italy Grants €1m to Eritrean Refugees

Jan 26 , 2019


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Italy granted one million euros to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the assistance of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia. The funds were made available through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, which will be used to improve the living conditions of Eritrean refugees and host communities in the Afar Regional State’s Barahle and Aysaita towns. The funds focus on assisting women and children, who make up 79pc of the population in the refugee camps. Ethiopia is host to one of the largest refugee populations in Africa, sheltering more than 900,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers, mainly from South Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia. UNHCR applies strategic activities aimed at facilitating access to energy, supporting the protection of natural resources and environment and improving sanitation, hygiene and access to potable water for refugees.


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