Eritrea's normalisation of relations with Ethiopia raised hopes that President Isaias Afwerki would roll back policies driving the migration. But no changes have yet been announced, and the Eritrean exodus has only intensified with peace. Voting with their feetOnce a province of Ethiopia, Eritrea voted to separate in 1993 after a bloody, decades-long independence struggle. "There's nothing to do, no business," 18-year-old Jamila Abdela said as she stood among dozens of recent Eritrean arrivals in Zalambessa. Abiy and Isaias signed a peace pact in July, and in September, visited Zalambessa together to re-open the land border.

Source: Ethiopian News October 12, 2018 18:31 UTC