The main objective of this research is accessing the challenges, strategies of urban Eritrean refugeesrnin Addis Ababa plus it also appraise the food security status specifically food access among Eritreanrnrefugees and their perception and practices towards the right to food. In this study the view ofrnresponsible bodies who works closely with the refugees was also examined. The area is purposivelyrnselected based on their numerical upper hand. In this study, data was gathered using both primaryrnand secondary sources. Qualitative research methodology was employed and descriptive researchrnwas engaged to substantiate the qualitative data collected. Semi-structured interview with 333 refugernindividuals and 26 key informant interviews with refugees and ARRA, UNHCR, NRC, DRC, ZOA andrnFAO officials were conducted. It was found out on the study that their reason for migration was thernharsh and unstoppable military service in their country. All the respondent in the study area werernabove 18 years old and almost all of them were escaped from the military camps. Remittance is theirrnmajor source of income but few of them have families who let them live with them and very few ofrnthem are engaged in informal work. Not having the right to work, language barrier and securityrnissues are some of the challenges they face in the hosting city. Using empirical methods of analysisrnand literature review, it is found that the right to food is violated indirectly when they denied the rightrnto work and other related rights. The descriptive analysis result showed that 85 % of Eritreanrnrefugees in the study area were food secure. 11% of them were rarely food secure, the rest 2.4 and 0.9rn% of them were moderately and severely food insecure respectively. The research recommended thatrnthe right to work should be granted to the refugees so that they can be self-dependent and less burdenrnto the hosting city. Responsible bodies (UNHCR, ARRA, NRC and so on) should work together to helprnthe refugees as well as the hosting country. Policy appliances and frameworks should be applicablernand contextual regarding the right to food.