UN / TIGRAY REFUGEES

United Nations has regained access to the Mai Aini and Adi Horush camps that house Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray province, a UN spokesperson said on Tuesday. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:28
• Production Date: 10 August 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: ETHIOPIA
• MAMS Id: 2646380
• Parent Id: 2646380
• Alternate Title: unifeed210810d

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STORY: UN / TIGRAY REFUGEES
TRT: 1:28
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 10 AUGUST 2021, NEW YORK CITY

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1.Exterior shot, UN Headquarters

10 AUGUST 2021, NEW YORK CITY

2.Wide shot, spokesperson at the podium
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Seecretary-General:
“UNHCR and its partners say they've regained access to the Mai Aini and Adi Horush camps that house Eritrean refugees in Tigray province. Violent clashes in the area had prevented UNHCR staff from reaching the camps since July 13. The UN Refugee Agency adds that the delivery of urgently needed assistance restarted on August 5 for the 23,000 refugees that are in both camps. However, access remains limited due to security situation and refugees continue to face dire conditions. Basic services such as health care remain unavailable and clean drinking water is running out. UNHCR is calling for safe passage which will allow refugees from Mai Aini and Adi Horush to be moved to a new site in Alemwach near Dabat, which is about 135 kilometers away.”
4.Cutaway, cameraperson
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Seecretary-General:
“The agency is also concerned about the fresh displacements they're seeing a fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions. According to estimates from local authorities and our humanitarian colleagues, some 100,000 people in Amhara and 70,000 people in Afar have been displaced internally.”
6.Wide shot, press room

Storyline

United Nations has regained access to the Mai Aini and Adi Horush camps that house Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray province, a UN spokesperson said on Tuesday (10 Aug).

Violent clashes in the area had prevented the staff of the UN refugee agency UNHCR from reaching the camps since July 13, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters in New York.

“The UN Refugee Agency adds that the delivery of urgently needed assistance restarted on August 5 for the 23,000 refugees that are in both camps,” Dujarric said. “However, access remains limited due to security situation and refugees continue to face dire conditions. Basic services such as health care remain unavailable and clean drinking water is running out.”

“UNHCR is calling for safe passage which will allow refugees from Mai Aini and Adi Horush to be moved to a new site in Alemwach near Dabat, which is about 135 kilometers away,” he added.

The UNHCR is also “concerned about the fresh displacements they're seeing a fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions,” the spokesperson said. “According to estimates from local authorities and our humanitarian colleagues, some 100,000 people in Amhara and 70,000 people in Afar have been displaced internally,” he added.