The 27-year-old is among some 70,000 illegal Ethiopian migrants expelled from the Gulf kingdom since March, as it seeks to reduce its reliance on millions of migrant labourers. I want to build my home but I can't because my family has used all the money. During a 2013 crackdown, many of 160,000 Ethiopians who were expelled were first detained, beaten and held in squalid conditions, Human Rights Watch said. Experts say Ethiopians are likely to keep risking their lives as migrants because they lack opportunities at home. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights and climate change.

Source: Ethiopian News October 09, 2017 09:11 UTC