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ILO PROSPECTS in Ethiopia - at a glance - June 2022

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This country factsheet provides an overview of the key interventions and results of PROSPECT programme implementation in Ethiopia.

Forced displacement in Ethiopia

Ethiopia maintains an open-door policy for refugees seeking protection within its territory and has a long-standing history of hosting them.

According to the latest data, Ethiopia is host to 837,533 refugees. The majority are from South Sudan (47 per cent), while the remainder originate from Somalia (27 per cent), Eritrea (19 per cent), Sudan (6 per cent), Yemen (0.3 per cent) and elsewhere (1.2 per cent) (UNHCR, 2022). Children, women, persons with disabilities (PWD) and the elderly constitute around 80 per cent of the overall refugee population.

As a result of local conflicts, inter-communal violence, natural disasters and impacts of climate change, there are also 4,239,636 internally displaced people (IDP) in Ethiopia, which is an emerging challenge in addition to the refugee response (IOM, 2021).

In efforts to alleviate the additional pressure on host communities and to reinforce inclusion, the government is beginning to roll out the Refugee Proclamation revised in 2019. The new Act, described as one of Africa’s most progressive refugee laws, allows refugees to obtain work permits, access primary education and financial services, such as banking.