The repatriation was due to start last month but is now on hold because of the flareup of fighting between Eritrea and Ethiopia. In the meantime, the supplies have been requisitioned by Eritreans and distributed to the displaced. They include some 50,000 people encamped at the Mohammed Ali Hassan Agricultural Scheme a farm just south of the abandoned town of Tesseney, a few kilometers from the Sudanese border. They are expected to move into Sudan once provisions run out, according to refugees arriving in Sudan. The influx continues but at a slower rate over the past two days.
Refugees there say they are running out of provisions.
An Airbus 300 was scheduled to arrive in Khartoum Thursday afternoon, bringing in 42 tons of plastic sheeting, kitchen sets and medical kits from Copenhagen and Cairo. Around 450 asylum seekers, mostly Eritreans, have arrived by boat in Yemen and 250 others came overland to Djibouti. Among the arrivals were several groups of Ethiopians and Sudanese. This document is intended for public information purposes only. It is not an official UN document.