22/02/2023
News: More than 60,000 mainly women, children arrive in after fleeing recent clashes in , :
More than 60,000 Somalis, mainly women and children, have fled to Ethiopia’s region in the past few weeks to escape clashes and insecurity in the city of Laascaanood, in Sool region. More than half of them arrived earlier this week.
Exhausted and traumatized, they have arrived with very little, only taking what they could carry. Women told staff from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, that they had to sell their belongings to pay for transportation to reach safety. Many of them have lost loved ones in the clashes or have been separated during flight.
Families have temporarily settled across more than 13 locations in the towns of Bookh, Galhamur and Danot Woredasiin in the Doolo zone in Ethiopia’s Somali region. In an extremely remote area with a limited humanitarian presence, local communities in Doolo have generously welcomed the refugees, sharing whatever resources they have. But these are quickly depleting as an average of 1,000 people continue to cross into Ethiopia each day.
Africa Diplomat Elham Garaad
Somali refugees who fled recent clashes in Lasscanood, Somaliland area, shelter in the open at the Qoriley site in the Somali region of Ethiopia. © UNHCR/Aden Harun Addis Abeba - More than 60,000 Somalis, mainly women and children, have fled to Ethiopia’s Somali region in […]
