Bambasi Refugee Camp is refugee camp in Ethiopia.

Background edit

 
Bambasi Refugees

It was established between 2011 and 2012 to host refugees mainly from the neighboring Sudan (DRC)and South Sudan.[1] Its establishment is a partnership between the Administration for Refugee & Returnee Affairs (ARRA), International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)[2] is multicultural united in the Ethiopia and they livelihood activities depending on gold mining and small farmers by of their open relationships. and common religion'sthey honestly people in Ethiopia

Location edit

It is located in Asosa zone which is in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of north-western Ethiopia.[2]

 
Refugees in Bambasi Refugee Camp

Demographics and population edit

According to a UNHCR , 31 January 2022 camp profile, Bambasi Refugee Camp was host to 19,337 refugees and asylum seekers.[3]

Earlier on, according to a November 2020 UNHCR camp profile, the population was 18,296, of these 9147 were male and 9149 were female. The top 3 nationalities were 18,217 (99.57%) Sudanese, 34 (0.19%) South Sudanese and 19 (0.1%) D.R Congolese[2]

Activities edit

  1. Education, there is education program in Bambasi Refugee camp as being one of the activities taking place with fundings from UNICEF Ethiopia.[4]
  2. Health, health concern is a growing demand as health conditions become more reported in Bambasi Refugee Camp.[5]

3:-SKILLS : provided soft skills work to support refugees in Bambasi to minimize challenge NRC is cohesion community network between refugees and community host also give computer skills training for refugees community and host to be familiar with social life. bambasi refugee camp is peacefull camp in etiopia and unhcr build one stope shop (OSS) MEANS ALL SERVICE IN ONE PLACE IN THE CAMP ,REFUGEE OF THE CAMP REQUEST THEY NEED THROUGHT OSS .

References edit

  1. ^ "IOM Starts Relocation of Sudanese Refugees to New Camp in Ethiopia". International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  2. ^ a b c "Bambasi Camp profile". UNHCR Operational Data Portal (ODP). Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  3. ^ "UNHCR Regional Update #28 Ethiopia Emergency Situation, 31 January 2022 – Ethiopia | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  4. ^ Ethiopia, UNICEF (2019-02-06), _MIK2936, retrieved 2023-02-15
  5. ^ "Infections causing blindness in Bambasi camp, Ethiopia". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2023-02-15.

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