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Ethiopia hosts more than 1.2 million refugees

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Ethiopia today hosts more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers, continuing a tradition dating back to the Kingdom of Aksum. The account recalls in particular the welcome given to Muslims fleeing Mecca in the seventh century, according to the Fanamc agency, which cites traditions linked to the first Hijra.

Ethiopia hosts more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers, according to Fanamc. The country places this policy of welcome within a history dating back to the Kingdom of Aksum and the arrival, in the seventh century, of Muslims fleeing persecution in Mecca.

They crossed the Red Sea to seek refuge in the region corresponding to present-day Ethiopia. Fanamc presents this historical continuity as part of Ethiopia’s national experience of forced displacement.

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