With over 620,000 refugees registered, of whom 100,000 are Eritreans, Ethiopia maintains an “open door” migration policy, as Michael Owor, manager of the Tigray section of UNHCR, explains: “No one is being sent back.” A generous policy, to be sure, but one which fits uneasily with the bureaucratic and police system of the Ethiopian state, with the lack of funds and with the limitations imposed on NGOs, which can hardly be seen in the camps in the north. I arrive at Endabaguna around lunchtime.
«Nessuno viene mandato indietro». Una politica certo generosa, ma che si scontra con la macchina burocratica e poliziesca dello Stato etiope, con la mancanza di fondi e con le limitazioni imposte alle organizzazioni non governative, praticamente assenti nei campi del Nord. Arriviamo a Endabaguna all'ora di pranzo.