By AFPMore by this AuthorADDIS ABABAEthiopia is assisting 541 nationals stranded in Tanzania to obtain travel documents and return home, the foreign ministry said Friday. Every year hundreds of Ethiopian migrants are detained or end up stranded in Tanzania while passing through on the way to South Africa. "We're finalising preparations to return our 541 nationals from Tanzania, who have already received travel documents necessary to return to Ethiopia in the coming few days," Nebiat Getachew, spokesman for the foreign ministry, said. MIGRATIONIn recent years, Ethiopian authorities have tried to crack down on illegal migration of its citizens by toughening anti-human trafficking laws and running adverts warning of the dangers of illegal migration. Still, thousands of Ethiopians continue to attempt migration to South Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the European mainland.

Source: Daily Nation February 15, 2019 13:41 UTC