The Ministry of Peace has announced plans to return all internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their areas of origin by the end of this month.
Minister of Peace, Muferiat Kamil, told journalists yesterday that the repatriation process will be conducted voluntarily.
Out of the total 2.3 million IDPs, 1.2 million people were displaced before March 2018 and the remaining 1.1 million after April 2018, she said.
The IDPs received food and non-food assistance in their temporary sites, with the government of Ethiopia covering 60 percent of the spending and donors contributing the remaining 40 percent, according to Muferiat.
As a result of the efforts undertaken during the past two months, 1.3 million people have returned to their areas of origin, the Minister indicated.
She said the returnees would be provided with all the necessary rehabilitation support for the coming six months.
