Ethiopia

The Ethiopia operation focuses on emergency response to the different IDP situations, addressing protection needs of refugees and promoting their self-reliance in line with the Global Compact on Refugees.

 

$434.5 million

are urgently needed from January to December 2025

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Sudanese refugees sit in front of their shelter at the Kurmuk transit centre in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of northwestern Ethiopia. More than 20,000 refugees and asylum-seekers are currently hosted at the site where UNHCR and partners are providing shelter, food, water and emergency health services. © UNHCR/Tiksa Negeri
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Ethiopia hosts over 823,000 refugees and asylum seekers predominantly from South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea. The majority lives in 24 refugee camps established across five regional states. Over 70,000 others also reside in the capital Addis Ababa as urban refugees. 47% of the refugees are women and girls, while 59% are children. Ethiopia also has 4.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and over 1.5 million IDP returnees, largely resulting from the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia and localized conflicts and tensions in different parts of the country.

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Populations

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Ethiopia | 2021
Total6 millionRefugees | 14%Asylum-seekersReturned refugeesIDPs | 61%Returned IDPs | 26%Others of concern

Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is .

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

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Financials

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Budget information for the current year is updated monthly, while budget and expenditure information for all other years are final.

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Latest updates

20 – 26 October 2024
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6 months ago
13 – 19 October 2024
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6 – 12 October 2024
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September 2024
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29 September - 5 October 2024
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