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Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry says that in the past three years it has assisted more than 400,000 Ethiopian migrants from Saudi Arabia who were living in the country illegally.
Meanwhile, most of the 400,000 Ethiopians have returned to Saudi Arabia illegally using human traffickers, according to the ministry statement. He stated that as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, Ethiopians who entered Saudi Arabia illegally face a serious problem.
To protect the right of Ethiopians who entered Saudi Arabia legally and to bring back those who are victims of human traffickers, the Government of Ethiopia has had ongoing discussions with the Government of Saudi Arabia and international organizations dealing with the refugee affairs, according to the statement.
The report also indicated that since the coronavirus outbreak, the Ethiopian government has managed to repatriate 3,500 Ethiopian immigrants who were trapped in Saudi Arabia. After being quarantined for two weeks, the returnees have joined their parents in Ethiopia, according to the ministry statement.
Various media reports show that tens of thousands of Ethiopians who entered the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia illegally are coins found in Saudi prisons, including some 16,000 in a detention center in Al Shumasi, near the holy city of Mecca. .
