SUDAN. Kassala. January 6th 1985.
During the past few days 35,000 persons have left the Tigre province in North Ethiopia
and crossed the boarder 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 Organization. While waiting for their time to leave,
the others survive under extremely difficult conditions. A small group of doctors of the
organization Medecins Sans Frontieres take care of their most urgent heath problems. All
the same, many refugees die every day, victims of dehydration or malnutrition.