The effects of the current drought plaguing the country could be even more devastating. Following 3 successive years of exceptionally low rainfall. the 1984 crop harvest is significantly smaller than any harvest in the last 3 years. and it Is estimated that this meager harvest will be consumed by the end of February. In fact. the total food aid requirement for Ethiopia and its refugees in 1985 will be 1.5 million metric tons of grain. If the food aid requirement is not met. the number of people who die every day In Ethiopias feeding camps could climb well beyond the current figure of 200. No group has endured greater hardship in Ethiopia thant he Falashas. At least 2.000 Ethiopian Jews have died in refugee camps in Sudan since last spring and still 3.000 are believed to be In Sudanese refugee camps. While as many as 15.000 Ethiopian Jews have managed to emigrate to Israel. an estimated 7.000 still remain in Ethiopia. Those Jews remaining in Ethiopia suffer more than the horros of the famine. They are caught in the crossfire between the government and rebel armies.
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