The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia would like to announce that among the 720 Ethiopian migrants registered at the Ethiopian consulate in Lebanon, 650 of them who volunteered to return are repatriated, quarantined, and started the reintegration process in June 2020 and the Ethiopian government fully covered their costs. Among these, 243 migrants have self-financed their cost of return and for the remaining 165 citizens generous individuals and groups have covered costs of return while Ethiopian Airlines offered a substantial discount for its tickets. The three-month plan includes involving volunteers and temporary local employees and securing funds for contingencies. We have witnessed that the psychosocial assistance given in Beirut has a tremendous effect on the repatriation and integration process. This meeting was a big success in advocating international resource mobilization.

Source: Ethiopian News September 11, 2020 09:11 UTC