ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said more than 100,000 Ethiopian migrants have returned from abroad during the first ten months of 2022. "The alarming number of migrants arrive destitute and with serious medical and psychiatric conditions which challenge the local capacities," the IOM said. It said the conflict in northern Ethiopia has made the situation of migrants even more precarious, with returns to home communities made impossible and migrants becoming stranded. According to the UN migration agency, approximately one-third of all returns from Saudi Arabia originate from areas devastated by conflict. Desperate Ethiopian migrants, who attempt to cross the dangerous Red Sea route via the neighboring nation Djibouti, often endure deadly incidents along the Red Sea as well as imprisonment and killings in Yemen.

Source: Ethiopian News December 29, 2022 17:20 UTC