The head of the emergency room for the housing of Ethiopian refugees in eastern Sudan confirmed on Wednesday the recent increase in the number of Ethiopians seeking refuge and protection in Sudan.
Mogaddam al-Fateh told the Sudan Tribune that the Ethiopian refugees continue to flee the restive northern region of Ethiopia as hundreds cross into Sudan every day.
“More than 5,000 refugees from the Tigray region seek to cross into Sudan through the Dima border area which is one kilometre away from the Hamdayet reception centre,” al-Fateh said on Wednesday.