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The Guardian: Ethiopia fighting could drive 200,000 to Sudan says UN

Ethiopia fighting could drive 200,000 to Sudan in coming months, says UN

Kate Hodal and Jason Burke
<span>Photograph: Marwan Ali/AP</span>
Photograph: Marwan Ali/AP

Violence in northern Ethiopia will probably drive 200,000 people into neighbouring Sudan over the coming months, UN agencies have warned, where food, shelter and medicine are urgently needed.

The number of refugees streaming across the border has already surpassed agency preparations by 11,000 people, a UN refugee agency official said.

“Together with all the agencies, we built a response plan for about 20,000 people and currently we are at about 31,000, so it has already surpassed that figure,” Axel Bisschop told a Geneva briefing. “The new planning figure is around 200,000.”

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