SUDAN. Kassala. January 6th 1985.
During the past few days, 35,000 people have left the Tigre province in North Ethiopia
and crossed the border into Sudan to reach the Takalabab camp (near Kassala) in the
eastern part of the country. Each day, 850 refugees are evacuated to Wad Kowli, farther south,
by trucks furnished by the United Nations. While waiting for their time to leave, the others survive under extremely difficult conditions. A small group of Medecins Sans Frontieres doctors take care of their most urgent health problems. All the same, many refugees die every day, victims of dehydration or malnutrition.