Ethiopian forces said to block refugees from entering Sudan

Tigray refugees who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia’s Tigray take shelter at Hamdeyat Transition Center near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, eastern Sudan (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

Ethiopian forces have blocked people in the country’s embattled Tigray region from crossing into Sudan at its busiest crossing point for refugees, Sudanese forces said.

Members of the Sudanese forces, speaking on condition of anonymity, said people tried to cross from Ethiopia around 6am to Hamdayet in Sudan but were stopped.