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STORY: ETHIOPIA / ERITREAN REFUGEES
TRT: 01:58
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / TIGRINYA / NATS
DATELINE: 4 AUGUST 2021, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
1. Med shot, UNHCR staff registering Eritrean refugees
2. Various shots, UNHCR staff looking at ID cards
3. Wide shot, Eritrean refugees seated together
4. Close up, hands holding envelope
5. Various shots, refugees sitting together
6. Med shot, UNHCR staff member handing ID card to Eritrean refugee
7. Wide shot, Eritrean refugee receiving identity documents
8. Various shots, refugees being registered
9. Wide shot, refugees seated
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Senayit Mohammed, Protection Officer, UNHCR Ethiopia:
“Today we are in doing issuance of identification documentation so mainly we are providing IDs, individual IDs. So, we planned this for two main reasons. The first one is for them to be legalised in Addis Ababa because previously they didn’t have documentation in Addis.”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Senayit Mohammed, Protection Officer, UNHCR Ethiopia:
“The second one is UNHCR, and ARRA are planning to provide temporary assistance, cash assistance so for that we are providing the money through bank system. To open a bank account, they also need ID cards.”
12. Wide shot, Senayit walking, refugees seated
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the Ethiopian Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), and the non-governmental organization WISE are registering Eritrean refugees in Addis Ababa who fled from the now destroyed Hitsats and Shimelba camps in Tigray.
Refugees are issued with ID cards to regularize their stay in the Ethiopian capital. They are also supported to open a bank account on site in which UNHCR will be providing a one-off cash assistance to cover their immediate needs.
SOUNDBITE (English) Senayit Mohammed, Protection Officer, UNHCR Ethiopia:
“Today we are in doing issuance of identification documentation so mainly we are providing IDs, individual IDs. So, we planned this for two main reasons. The first one is for them to be legalised in Addis Ababa because previously they didn’t have documentation in Addis.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Senayit Mohammed, Protection Officer, UNHCR Ethiopia:
“The second one is UNHCR, and ARRA are planning to provide temporary assistance, cash assistance so for that we are providing the money through bank system. To open a bank account, they also need ID cards.”
Eritrean refugees fled the Shimelba and Hitsats camps in north Tigray after they were destroyed at the start of this year. The three-year documents will enable refugees to access assistance, services, and protection.
As of 9 August, 892 refugees were issued with ID cards and proof of registration documents.
