There probably are many Ethiopians, no matter how mistreated they were by their employers, who are sorry that they have to return to such a poor country as Ethiopia.
50,000 Ethiopians Repatriated From Saudi Arabia
By MISNA
November 28, 2013
Saudi Arabia has repatriated 50,000 Ethiopian migrants since the beginning of the crackdown on irregular workers that was launched at the beginning of November according to Ethiopias ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Dina Mufti , who added that the total number to be repatriated by the end of the airlift, organized to return migrants without papers to their countries of origin will be 80,000.
As part of the protests that erupted in the aftermath of the Saudi measures adoption preceded by a seven-month amnesty during which about 4 million migrants have been able to legalize their presence in the Kingdom three Ethiopian nationals were killed in clashes with the police.
The Ethiopian government has spent about 2.5 million dollars to repatriate its nationals from Saudi Arabia, most of whom are women working as domestic helpers in private homes.
Right now were focusing on the work needed to bring home our fellow citizens said Mufti to reporters, who asked whether the Riyadhs policy would affect bilateral relations. In recent days, a government statement had described relations with the Kingdom as brotherly.
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50,000 Ethiopians Repatriated From Saudi Arabia Eurasia Review
50,000 Ethiopians Repatriated From Saudi Arabia
By MISNA
November 28, 2013
Saudi Arabia has repatriated 50,000 Ethiopian migrants since the beginning of the crackdown on irregular workers that was launched at the beginning of November according to Ethiopias ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Dina Mufti , who added that the total number to be repatriated by the end of the airlift, organized to return migrants without papers to their countries of origin will be 80,000.
As part of the protests that erupted in the aftermath of the Saudi measures adoption preceded by a seven-month amnesty during which about 4 million migrants have been able to legalize their presence in the Kingdom three Ethiopian nationals were killed in clashes with the police.
The Ethiopian government has spent about 2.5 million dollars to repatriate its nationals from Saudi Arabia, most of whom are women working as domestic helpers in private homes.
Right now were focusing on the work needed to bring home our fellow citizens said Mufti to reporters, who asked whether the Riyadhs policy would affect bilateral relations. In recent days, a government statement had described relations with the Kingdom as brotherly.
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50,000 Ethiopians Repatriated From Saudi Arabia Eurasia Review