Red Cross Repatriates 1,229 Ethiopians From EritreaA total of 1,229 Ethiopians left Eritrea Saturday for home under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the ICRC said in a press release.The operation took place between the Eritrean town of Adi Quala and the Ethiopian town of Rama via the Mereb river, added the ICRC. Ahead of the repatriation, the ICRC delegates in Eritrea held private interviews with the Ethiopian nationals to check their wishes to return to their motherland. The ICRC since last December has repatriated more than 13,100 Ethiopians from Eritrea, and it would continue to assist future repatriations of all remaining Prisoners of War as well as other persons affected by the war between the two countries. |
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