Bambasi Refugee Camp is a refugee camp in Ethiopia.
It was established between 2011 and 2012 to host refugees mainly from the neighboring Sudan (DRC)and South Sudan. [1] Its establishment is a partnership between the Administration for Refugee & Returnee Affairs (ARRA), International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) [2]
It is located in Asosa zone which is in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of north-western Ethiopia. [2]
According to a UNHCR , 31 January 2022 camp profile, Bambasi Refugee Camp was host to 19,337 refugees and asylum seekers. [3]
Earlier on, according to a November 2020 UNHCR camp profile, the population was 18,296, of these 9147 were male and 9149 were female. The top 3 nationalities were 18,217 (99.57%) Sudanese, 34 (0.19%) South Sudanese and 19 (0.1%) D.R Congolese. [2]
Bambasi Refugee Camp is a refugee camp in Ethiopia.
It was established between 2011 and 2012 to host refugees mainly from the neighboring Sudan (DRC)and South Sudan. [1] Its establishment is a partnership between the Administration for Refugee & Returnee Affairs (ARRA), International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) [2]
It is located in Asosa zone which is in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of north-western Ethiopia. [2]
According to a UNHCR , 31 January 2022 camp profile, Bambasi Refugee Camp was host to 19,337 refugees and asylum seekers. [3]
Earlier on, according to a November 2020 UNHCR camp profile, the population was 18,296, of these 9147 were male and 9149 were female. The top 3 nationalities were 18,217 (99.57%) Sudanese, 34 (0.19%) South Sudanese and 19 (0.1%) D.R Congolese. [2]