Yemen Conflict Doesn’t Deter Ethiopian Migrants

Ethiopians continue to look outside of their “double-digit growing” country for better life BY LISA SCLEIN | VOA NEWS The United Nations migration agency reports that thousands of Ethiopian migrants continue to make the perilous journey to war-torn Yemen in search of better economic opportunities despite the dangerous security conditions. Despite the ongoing war and […]

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Over 96,000 Ethiopians Returned from Saudi Arabia, Allege Abuse

Ethiopians constitute 26% of those who entered the country illegally. An estimated 400,000 Ethiopians believed to be living in Saudi Arabia. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. In interviews with The Associated […]

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Why Thousands of Ethiopians and Somalis Fleeing to War-torn Yemen

BY ELIZA MACKINTOSH | CNN Refugees and migrants hoping to reach oil-rich Gulf countries — many of them teenagers — are increasingly traversing a dangerous sea route to Yemen, despite the conflict raging there. The flow of migrants crossing a small sea passage from the Horn of Africa to Yemen, which has continued unabated for […]

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