(@imziishan)Ethiopia's foreign ministry said Wednesday that 1,400 of the country's citizens had been freed from prison in Saudi ArabiaAddis Ababa, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 8th May, 2019 ) :Ethiopia's foreign ministry said Wednesday that 1,400 of the country's citizens had been freed from prison in Saudi ArabiaA statement from the ministry did not mention a reason for the release, however in recent years Saudi Arabia has rounded up and jailed thousands of Ethiopians for illegally entering the kingdom. The ministry said that it planned to bring the prisoners back home. "Three hundred of the 1,400 released Ethiopian prisoners will return home from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening," while the others will return in the coming days, said the statement. Ethiopia is Africa's second most populous country and also one of its poorest. An estimated 334,000 Ethiopians migrated to the Middle East between 2006 and 2014, according to the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat, a group of international organisations that monitor migration in East Africa and Yemen.

Source: Ethiopian News May 08, 2019 16:18 UTC