Shire, Ethiopia, a historical commercial city in the northern Tigray region has been overwhelmed with displaced families since war broke out last November. For VOA, Yan Boechat takes a closer look at some of the many camps created to house the region’s roughly 2 million displaced people.
In Pictures: World Refugee Day: No Safe Haven in Tigray
- By Yan Boechat
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Ethiopian authorities ordered families living on this university campus in Shire to leave, June 12, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
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Children observe as families move their things out of a university that has housed them for more than seven months in Shire, June 12, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
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People collect drinking water in one of the many camps in Shire, June 11, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
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The Tigray conflict has separated more than 6,000 children from the parents. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
