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Enhancing Socio-Economic Integration of Refugees and Host Communities in Refugee Hosting Areas of Ethiopia - UNJP/ETH/106/HCR

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Ethiopia has a long tradition of hosting refugees who have fled conflicts and Ethiopia has a long tradition of hosting refugees who have fled conflicts and droughts in some of its neighbouring countries, and continues to maintain an open-door policy for refugees and asylum seekers in its territory. As a result of the constant influx of refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, the country’s five major refugee hosting areas (grouped into three clusters: Benishangul-Gumuz/Gambella, Tigray/Afar and Somali), which are usually underdeveloped and economically underserved, have suffered from the additional pressure on their natural resources, basic social services and infrastructure. In addition, the current state of agriculture investments in these regions does not guarantee sustainable livelihoods for refugees or their hosting communities. Against this background, FAO and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ethiopia initiated collaboration on a joint project to generate evidence through the analysis of food security, agricultural and livestock livelihoods situations, and the needs of refugees and their host communities in the three main refugee hosting areas of Ethiopia, in order to inform the development of joint initiatives aimed at refugee and host community economic inclusion.

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