Historically, Ethiopia's tradition of hospitality and care for refugees dates as far back as the first half of the 2nd century B.C when Jews settled in northern Ethiopia. Prophet Mohammed also dispatched the first Muslim Hegira fearing of persecution. In the 1920s and 1930s Ethiopia welcomed Armenian Christians that fled Bolshevik rule and later in the 1950s and 1960s, African freedom fighters seeking asylum. The recent history of refugees in Ethiopia is a result of mainly the unrest in Southern Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea. Currently, Ethiopia hosts more than 180,000 refugees predominately...
Historically, Ethiopia's tradition of hospitality and care for refugees dates as far back as the first half of the 2nd century B.C when Jews settled i...
