Saudi Deports 140,000 Undocumented Ethiopian Migrants

In the past month alone, Saudi Arabia deports 120,000 Ethiopians, empty-handed, after having their savings and belongings confiscated. The operation to fly them back to Ethiopia has been termed the ‘largest human airlift in recent history’. By AFP, Ethiopia has brought home close to 140,000 citizens from Saudi Arabia, the International Organization for Migration said […]

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Ethiopian Maid Workers Flooding to Sudan after Middle East Travel Ban

By Addis Fortune, Nearly two months after Ethiopia imposed a travel ban to the Middle East, the number of Ethiopian applicants for a visa at the Sudanese Embassy has increased dramatically. On Thursday, November 28, 2013, when Fortune visited the compound located near Mexico Square – a little further down from the headquarters of the […]

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From the Ethiopian Fire Into the Saudi Arabian Frying Pan

By its own admission, the Ethiopian regime has no idea how many Ethiopians are living in Saudi Arabia, but ludicrously promises to bring them all back “as soon as possible.” By Alemayehu G Mariam, Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians have voted with their feet to escape one of the most ruthless […]

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Ask the President: Why Human Trafficking?

By TesfaNews, As we all have witnessed recently, hostilities towards the people and government of Eritrea are escalating by the day with persistent campaign to demonize the image of Eritrea. Also coincident was the psychological warfare on Eritrean youth. There have also been suggestions accusing Eritrea of “human trafficking” while Eritrea has been itself a victim […]

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