This includes a refugee response appeal of $76.9m for Ethiopia. It indicates a projected planning figure of 860,000 refugees and returnees crossing the border into the countries neighbouring Sudan and a preliminary overall inter-agency budget requirement of US$445 million. The plan has been drawn up with 134 partners including UN agencies, national and international NGOs and civil society groups. To bring the appeal to the early attention of the international donor community, UNHCR has compiled a preliminary summary of the appeal. The RRP will include the most affected countries, namely the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, South Sudan and Ethiopia. Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP): UNHCR and partners are working together towards issuing a fully-fledged inter- agency Sudan Refugee Response Plan that will be launched this week. High humanitarian needs are still required in terms of food, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), shelter, health, and non-food item assistance to keep up with increasing arrivals and growing needs. On 8 May, 250 boxes of high energy biscuits were also provided by partners. Over 1.3M Ethiopian Birr (approximately US$24,000) worth of medical supplies have been delivered to West Gondar Zonal Health Office to support with provision of health care for people arriving from Sudan. Humanitarian interventions are slowly scaling up in Metema as more partners are on the ground with technical teams and medical supplies to ease health emergencies. Regional authorities are already allocating from their limited resources to the response of the influx from Sudan into Amhara. Catherine Sozi, along with representatives of UN agencies, assured continuity by the humanitarian community in scaling up the response to the already existing huge needs in Amhara, while also striving to address the new caseload in Western Gondar in relation to the ongoing situation in Sudan, noting that partners already faced significant funding shortages at this point in time.
Most arrivals into the country since 21 April have been at the Metema entry point, with the Amhara regional and zonal (Gendawuha) governments taking the lead and weight of responses, with limited available resources, however with the support of humanitarian partners.ĭuring a high-level visit to the Amhara Region on 9 May, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Ethiopia, Dr. Meanwhile a reception center six kilometres from the border, and expected to be ready by 9 May, is to be used as a temporary shelter for more than 1,600 individuals.Įthiopia shares a 1,600km border with Sudan with three entry /crossing points. There remain a number of people of foreign nationality at the Metema border awaiting sorting of documentation and relocation. As of 8 May colleagues on the ground reported a total of 16,687 arrivals since 21 April, out of whom 55 per cent are male and 45 per cent female, including 11 per cent infants and children under 5. Of the 832 people that arrived on the day, 494 were Ethiopian and 388 foreign nationals. Increase in arrivals at the Metema border, picked up on 8 May after two consecutive days of low numbers. More than 1.3M Ethiopian Birr (approximately US$24,000) worth of medical supplies delivered to West Gondar Zone to support with provision of health care to people at the Metema border. More than 16,600 people have reportedly arrived in Metema since 21 April, mostly Ethiopian returnees Ethiopia United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator along with representatives of UN agencies visits Amhara today, assures continuity of support to region and response to influx from Sudan.Īmhara regional authorities are allocating from already limited recourses to the response to the influx from Sudan into the region
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