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UNHRC / ETHIOPIA SOMALI REFUGEES
STORY: UNHRC / ETHIOPIA SOMALI REFUGEES
TRT: 03:28
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 FEBRUARY - 02 MARCH 2023, DOOLO ZONE - SOMALI REGION, ETHIOPIA
28 FEBRUARY DOOLO ZONE - SOMALI REGION, ETHIOPIA
1. Various shots, newly arrived Somali asylum-seekers
2. Various shots, women and children
3. Various shots, woman getting registered
4. Med shot, women at registration desk
5. Med shot, man on wheelchair
6. Med shot, registration officials entering man’s details in tablet
7. Med shot, registration band being placed on arm
8. Med shot, UNHCR officials and other partners in discussion
02 MARCH 2023, DOOLO ZONE - SOMALI REGION, ETHIOPIA
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mamadou Dian Balde, Representative in Ethiopia, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR):
“We have seen women, children as well as women and children, people with vulnerabilities crossing the border because of the conflict, because of a lot of challenges, violence. Living in violence, conflict and reaching this part of Ethiopia, and they are finding themselves in Ethiopia where the drought has been affecting people, but people despite all the challenges they are faced with, have shown their generosity. They have shown their generosity, they have opened their doors despite the drought and they have been receiving thousands and thousands of refugees.”
28 FEBRUARY DOOLO ZONE - SOMALI REGION, ETHIOPIA
10. Med shot, girl fetching water from well
11. Wide shot, family making meal
02 MARCH 2023, DOOLO ZONE - SOMALI REGION, ETHIOPIA
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mamadou Dian Balde, Representative in Ethiopia, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR):
“The families that I have met so far are families that are saying to me - - let's end the violence so that people can return to their areas of origin and live peacefully. So, support is needed in order to alleviate the suffering, including water, food, cash, protection services and at the same time shelter, but in addition to that urgent support, what is needed are creating conditions so that people can return to their country of origin, as quickly as possible this is what the families are telling me and this is the message I am relaying.”
28 FEBRUARY DOOLO ZONE - SOMALI REGION, ETHIOPIA
13. Close up, hand preparing dough
14. Close up, dough being fried
15. Wide shot, men walking
16. Med shot, men seated looking on
17. Close up, woman seated in crowd looking on
18. Close up, men seated in crowd
19. Wide shot, people clapping
20. Wide shot, UNHCR officials addressing crowd
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is rushing to provide assistance to over 100,000 Somalis, mainly women and children, who have fled to Ethiopia’s Somali region in recent weeks to escape clashes and insecurity in the city of Laascaanood, in Somalia’s Sool region.
With limited options, many newly-arrived refugee families have resorted to sheltering in schools and other public buildings while others have no choice but to sleep out in the open.
Exhausted and traumatized, many arrive with very little, only taking what they could carry.
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.
The refugees are hosted in areas worst hit by the drought and the impact of climate change.
With limited options, many families have resorted to sheltering in schools and other public buildings while others have no choice but to sleep out in the open. Many urgently need food and nutritional support, water and sanitation facilities, as well as specialized support for people with specific needs.
UNHCR is working with the Ethiopian Government’s Refugees and Returnees Services (RRS) and regional authorities, together with UN and NGO partners, to set up temporary reception centers and provide immediate life-saving aid. Relief items, including blankets, jerry cans, buckets, kitchen sets, plastic sheets and mosquito nets, are being distributed.
SOUNDBITE (English) Mamadou Dian Balde, Representative in Ethiopia, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR):
“We have seen women, children as well as women and children, people with vulnerabilities crossing the border because of the conflict, because of a lot of challenges, violence. Living in violence, conflict and reaching this part of Ethiopia, and they are finding themselves in Ethiopia where the drought has been affecting people, but people despite all the challenges they are faced with, have shown their generosity. They have shown their generosity, they have opened their doors despite the drought and they have been receiving thousands and thousands of refugees.”
Upon arrival, the refugees are medically screened and initially registered before relocation to surrounding communities or designated sites.
SOUNDBITE (English) Mamadou Dian Balde, Representative in Ethiopia, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR):
“The families that I have met so far are families that are saying to me - - let's end the violence so that people can return to their areas of origin and live peacefully. So, support is needed in order to alleviate the suffering, including water, food, cash, protection services and at the same time shelter, but in addition to that urgent support, what is needed are creating conditions so that people can return to their country of origin, as quickly as possible this is what the families are telling me and this is the message I am relaying.”
In Somalia, more than 185,000 people have been displaced from Lascaanood town and its surroundings since early February. According to local authorities, displaced families have settled in 66 sites within Somaliland while others have crossed into the Puntland region in northern Somalia and other villages bordering Ethiopia.
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