Ethiopia

Category: Immigration

Basic Information:
Population- 76,511,887
Population growth rate- 2.3%
Ethnic groups- Oromo 32.1%
Amhara 30.1%
Tigraway 6.2%
Somali 5.9%
Guragie 4.3%
Sidama 3.5%
Welaita 2.4%
other 15.4%
Birth rate- 37.39 births/1,000 population
Death rate- 14.67 deaths/1,000 population-
The mortality rate in Ethiopia is significantly higher because of the perversity of AIDS throughout the country: lowering life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates and abnormal changes in population by age ad sex.
Net migration rate- 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population-
The net migration rate is usually not calculated because of the repatriation of Ethiopian refugees residing in Sudan is expected to continue for several more years. Additionally Sudanese, Somali and Eritean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia due to famine and/or fighting are emigrating from Ethiopia back to their home countries.

Much of the immigration in Ethiopia is forced Migration, which can be classified into three distinct categories: refugees in Ethiopia, IDP’s (Internally Displaced Persons), and trafficked individuals.
Conflicts throughout the region account for the majority of migrations, displacing many people across Ethiopia. For example the Ethio-Erittrean war erupted in May of 1998, the war accounted largest number of displaced individuals when the current government came to power in 1991. Over 350,000 people were displaced from areas along the border along the Tigray and Afar regions at the start of the war. An additional 95,000 Ethiopians individuals were displaced from Eritrea.
Due to famine and drought even more Ethiopians are displaced. This problem is only furthered by road construction- known as development-induced displacement.
Refugees (primarily from Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea) migrate to Ethiopia due to ongoing political and civil turmoil in the Horn of Africa. While natural disasters and droughts also cause for even more refugees.
The final example of forced migration is Ethiopia is trafficking of young girls and women.