Ethiopia begins issuing refugees digital ID cards to facilitate service access

The distribution of digital ID cards to Ethiopian refugees and returnees, as part of a pilot with tripartite support, has begun in the country’s capital Addis Ababa.

The cards, which contain a unique identification number dubbed Fayda, are intended to enable this category of persons get access to importance social services, according to an announcement by the UN Refugees Agency (UNHCR).

The plan is to distribute digital IDs to 77,000 refugees living in the capital, before extending the distribution to …

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