The life of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia

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CFEE

Date de publication:

Mercredi 21 Mars 2018 - 16:00

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21 Mars 2018

Mis à jour le :

13 Juillet 2018

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Eritrea
Ethiopia
migrations
Refugees
Tigray

Langue de publication:

Anglais

Zone géographique:

Afrique

TERRAIN/FIELDWORK by Mulu Getachew

Mulu Getachew is a PhD candidate in cultural anthropology and part-time lecturer at the department of Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University. Her research focuses on trans-border migration and Eritrean refugee camps in Tigray. She is funded by the NORHED project ‘Borderland dynamics in East Africa’ of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. She presents here the results of a fieldwork conducted on October 2017 in the Hitsats camp, Tigray, which was supported by a CFEE research grant.

The Ethiopian-Eritrean border war of 1998-2000 not only marked the outflow of large number of Eritreans to Ethiopia but also the transformation of the porous border into a wall that obstructed established movements of people and goods (Dias 2012). Regardless of the physical and political barriers that exist among the two countries and the Eritrean government’s policy towards those caught trying to escape, many cross the border surreptitiously and found their way to the border camps in Ethiopia[1].

Unfortunately, the moment of departure to en route flight- characterized by the presence of security forces, unpredictable outcome of crossing the militarized border and the subsequent camp life – anticipated with varying degrees of unease as a result of unpredictable future and protracted situation, all make the social environment of the refugees uncertain.

Based on the experience of Eritrean refugees residing in Mai aini refugee camp in northern Ethiopia, this study was proposed to understand how refugees perceive, experience and deal with uncertainty during their flight, and while living inside the refugee camp within a limited and restricted context.

This fieldwork was conducted from 6 to 24 October 2017 in Hitsats refugee camp, an Eritrean refugee camp that was selected as an additional research site to the main research site, the Mai aini camp. Field activity focused on the context and sources of uncertainty during refugees’ actual exilic process and their experience in the camp they lived. The fieldwork was financed by the French Center for Ethiopia Studies (CFEE), and the NORHED funded PhD project – Borderland dynamics in East Africa.

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