Shire, Ethiopia, a historical commercial city in the northern Tigray region has been overwhelmed with displaced families since war broke out last November. For VOA, Yan Boechat takes a closer look at some of the many camps created to house the region’s roughly 2 million displaced people.
In Pictures: World Refugee Day: No Safe Haven in Tigray
- By Yan Boechat
![Ethiopian authorities ordered families living on this university campus in Shire to leave, June 12, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/e4ab995e-1988-4a30-bd90-767537e8e04a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ethiopian authorities ordered families living on this university campus in Shire to leave, June 12, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
![Children observe as families move their things out of a university that has housed them for more than seven months in Shire, June 12, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/3a3910d2-3cc1-4cf8-81b5-7fbab4c703bf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children observe as families move their things out of a university that has housed them for more than seven months in Shire, June 12, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
![People collect drinking water in one of the many camps in Shire, June 11, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/27271ef7-20a8-49c7-84c9-bb662a985c31_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People collect drinking water in one of the many camps in Shire, June 11, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA)
![The Tigray conflict has separated more than 6,000 children from the parents. (Yan Boechat/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/d37c0803-f800-47c6-a9a5-d44e0ea89ee7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Tigray conflict has separated more than 6,000 children from the parents. (Yan Boechat/VOA)