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ADDIS ABABA, July 24 (Xinhua) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday launched a $ 22.2 million appeal to respond to the internal displacement crisis in the Ethiopian areas of Gedeo and West Guji.
The United Nations Migration Agency revealed that in April this year, some 970,000 people had fled their homes as a result of fighting between border communities in Ethiopia's Gedeo area in the southern region. and the western area of Guji in the largest region of Oromia in Ethiopia. Gedeo and West Guji are in dire need of humanitarian support to help them through the cold and rainy season of Ethiopia, "said IOM Director General William Lacy Swing,
. to support displaced people as well as the efforts of the Ethiopian government to address the humanitarian needs of those affected by the latest intercommunal violence e.
"Current funding levels for a sudden crisis of this magnitude – nearly a million displaced people in such a short time – are far from acceptable, "said Mr. Swing.
In his recent response to the Gedeo and West Guji areas, he also stressed that" urgent funds are needed to continue to provide life-saving badistance. "
According to the IOM, many IDPs remain in local communities.Community sites are overpopulated with Thousands of people shelter in unsuitable buildings and thousands of others in communal premises, mainly schools, government properties and abandoned or unfinished buildings. sleep out on the muddy ground with only one tarpaulin tarp to protect them from the cold and wet weather, "statement read.
" Both situations raise major concerns in Monday, eight international aid agencies revealed in a joint statement that at least 1 million people, the majority of whom are women and children, need urgent humanitarian badistance as a result of the humanitarian crisis. Recent intercommunal conflicts in both regions.
"They need food, shelter, water and psychosocial support, aid agencies warn that without an increase in aid, the situation of displaced people risk of further deterioration, "said the joint statement of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) released this month $ 15 million. Intensify humanitarian badistance to those affected by the escalation of inter-communal violence in Ethiopia.
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