(OPride)
– UNHCR is planning to temporarily relocate Oromo refugees to a safer
neighborhood within Cairo from their current residences, activists said.
Oromo refugees in Egypt have been camping outside the UNHCR regional
office for over two weeks demanding physical protection amid
anti-Ethiopia backlash over the Nile dam stalemate.
“We
need home...we need safety...we will remain on these streets until our
voices are heard and our rights are respected,” a few dozen refugees
sitting on streets outside the UNHCR office chanted on sunday marking
the start of third week of their protests.
Amid
deteriorating camp conditions and health of the protesters, the UNHCR
has secured about 70 housing units in a safer neighborhood, the
activists said in an email message last night. Last week, Al Jazeera reported, the protesters were “sleeping on the grass outside...near leaking sewage from a surrounding apartment complex.”
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