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UN refugee chief says colleagues were on crashed Ethiopian plane
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says, “It is with great sadness and shock” that refugee agency colleagues were among the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash.
A statement by Filppo Grandi says his office is working to confirm how many colleagues were on board the plane that crashed shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.
Both cities are hubs for humanitarian workers.
The statement also says that “colleagues from the United Nations and other partners were also on board.”
None of the 157 people on board survived.
— AP
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