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Eritrean Refugees in the Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

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Of the rising tide of refugees in the world, the greatest number originate from Ethiopia. The largest continent consists of those from the Ogaden who have fled to Somalia, followed by Eritreans who have sought refuge in the Sudan. Out of a total of 520,000 refugees in the Sudan at the end of 1981, approximately 425,000 are Ethiopians or Eritreans, with the much larger number being Eritreans. The Eritreans have fled their homes to escape the prolonged warfare between the Ethiopian forces and the Eritrean liberation movements, a conflict which dates back to 1962.

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page 451 note 1 Al-Bashir, Abd Al-Rahman Ahmed, ‘Problems of Immigrants and Refugees in Sudanese Society’, Ph.D. dissertation, Oxford University, 1978, p. 301.Google Scholar

page 451 note 2 I owe a debt to John Bruce for his assistance with this section.

page 452 note 1 Fessehatzion, Tekie, ‘The Eritrean Struggle for Independence and National Liberation’, in Horn of Africa (Summit, N. J.), 1, 2 0406 1978, pp. 2930.Google Scholar

page 453 note 1 Al-Bashir, op. cit. pp. 306–7.

page 454 note 1 Source: Sudan Commission for Refugees, ‘1980: the Year of the Refugee in Sudan’, National Committee for Aid to Refugees, Khartoum, 1980.

page 455 note 1 Ibid. p. 323.

page 460 note 1 Keflemariam, Joseph, ‘Self-Help Projects for Refugees in Red Sea Province of the Sudan’, Ford Foundation, Khartoum, April 1980, pp. 3–4.Google Scholar

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