London (CNN) – Thousands of Ethiopian civilians have fled into neighboring Sudan to escape escalating conflict in their country’s northern region,with many more expected to follow, according to Sudanese officials and the United Nations (UN).
More than 1,800 people from the Ethiopian region of Tigray had crossed the border and traveled to the Sudanese state of Kassala as of Tuesday night, while hundreds more had arrived in the border area of Al-Luqdi, the Sudanese commissioner for refugees, Abdalla Suleman, said.