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 […]
Continue ReadingBy Al-Monitor, Saudi agricultural investor has warned about the failure of Saudi agricultural investments in Ethiopia and the liquidation of businesses due to the conditions set by the [Saudi] Agricultural Development Fund (ADF) to support and lend to investors in Ethiopia.
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
Continue ReadingBy BBC, About 23,000 Ethiopians have surrendered to Saudi authorities since a clampdown on illegal migrant workers began in the oil-rich kingdom last week, officials have said. The clampdown has led to clashes in the capital, Riyadh, with at least five people killed.
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