Opinion - The IGAD region hosts 2.46 million refugees, while also producing 3.12 million refugees. Ethiopia shelters 33 percent of the total number of refugees in the IGAD region and 2.3 percent of the total number of refugees world-wide, while producing 0.5 percent of the world's total number of refugees, thus caring for more than its share of the global refugee burdens. The list also includes 20,000 refugees residing in Addis Ababa for reasons related to special medical attention, humanitarian issues and serious p