A "full-scale humanitarian crisis" is unfolding in Ethiopia, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, with more than 27,000 now having fled heavy fighting to Sudan.
Babar Baloch, spokesman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, also told a Geneva news briefing: "UNHCR is on stand-by to provide assistance in Tigray when access and security allow".
Full-scale humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ethiopia - UN refugee agency
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A "full-scale humanitarian crisis" is unfolding in Ethiopia, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, with more than 27,000 now having fled heavy fighting to Sudan.
Babar Baloch, spokesman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, also told a Geneva news briefing: "UNHCR is on stand-by to provide assistance in Tigray when access and security allow".
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