Nearly five years after war uprooted them, hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans remain in makeshift camps, living under precarious conditions that blur the line between survival and slow erasure, a recent report discloses.
A new special assessment report titled The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Tigray concluded by the Commission of Inquiry on Tigray Genocide offers one of the most extensive assessments yet of displacement in the region, documenting harrowing accounts of insecurity, blocked returns, and a deep sense of injustice.
While the Pretoria cessation of hostilities agreement (CoHA) raised hopes of safe return, the study finds that “displacement in Tigray is not merely a humanitarian crisis but a justice crisis.”
A team of researchers at the Commission collected data at no less than 92 sites across Tigray, including displacement shelters and within host communities, where more than half of the estimated one million IDPs in Tigray reside, according to Kahsay Debesu, one of the researchers. Read more…