In June 2019 New Business Ethiopia reported that the Ethiopian government had opened a center where refugees could register vital events such as births, marriages, divorces, and deaths, helping them access civil documentation and related services.
Legal identity papers are often the missing link for school enrollment, movement, and family claims, so a dedicated registration center was a concrete administrative step for refugee protection beyond food and shelter.
Kept as humanitarian and administration archive, the report dates Ethiopia’s mid-2019 opening of vital-events registration for refugees.
Sources: New Business Ethiopia