The first 116 Ethiopian migrants to voluntarily return from Sudan since the onset of COVID-19 are back in the country. The returnees were supported by the government of Ethiopia which paid for the charter flight in July, and the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in the Horn of Africa. Among the returnees was Sana, a mother of two prompted by conflict to leave her hometown Hawassa, in southern Ethiopia. After four days in detention, we were helped by the Ethiopian embassy and taken to the Ethiopian Community Safe House in Khartoum,” Sana says. Under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative, returnees are provided with individual reintegration counseling to guide their reintegration process.

Source: Ethiopian News September 08, 2020 13:07 UTC