Ethiopia: Refugees Pour Into Ethiopia After Government Forces Capture Nasir in South Sudan

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This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 6 May 2014, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

In Ethiopia, UNHCR is seeing a sharp increase in refugees fleeing South Sudan's conflict, after government forces captured the rebel stronghold of Nasir in the Greater Upper Nile region over the weekend.

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