UN: Number of refugees fleeing Ethiopia to Sudan surpasses 20,000

Ethiopian migrants who fled intense fighting in their homeland of Tigray, gather in the border reception center of Hamdiyet, in the eastern Sudanese state of Kasala, on November 14, 2020. (AFP)

Ethiopian migrants who fled intense fighting in their homeland of Tigray, cook their meal in the border reception center of Hamdiyet, in the eastern Sudanese state of Kasala, on November 14, 2020. (AFP)

• The head of Sudan’s refugee commission put the total number of refugees at 24,944 by the end of Saturday
• Local and UN agencies are trying to assist the refugees, who have been arriving in growing numbers

CAIRO: The number of people who have fled into Sudan from the conflict in northern Ethiopia has risen to at least 20,000, the UN refugee agency and local officials said on Sunday.
More than 12,500 crossed at Hamdayat and nearly 7,500 to the south at Al-Luqdi from Nov. 7 to 14, UNHCR figures suggested.
The head of Sudan’s refugee commission put the total number of refugees at 24,944 by the end of Saturday, state news agency SUNA reported.
Local and UN agencies are trying to assist the refugees, who have been arriving in growing numbers with few possessions or provisions.