ADDIS ABABA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia has repatriated 43,061 nationals from Saudi Arabia in the past three months, an Ethiopian official said Thursday. Speaking to state media outlets, Minister of Ethiopia Government Communication Service Legesse Tulu said the large-scale repatriation process from Saudi Arabia was undertaken between March 30 to the end of June. He also said Ethiopia will in the coming months further beef up efforts to return Ethiopian nationals from Saudi Arabia. According to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more than 750,000 Ethiopians are living in Saudi Arabia, 450,000 of them without proper documents. In recent months, Ethiopia has stepped up efforts to take back its citizens stranded overseas, mainly in Saudi Arabia, as part of the government's "citizen-centered diplomacy."

Source: Ethiopian News June 30, 2022 17:23 UTC