Saudi Arabia has begun repatriating thousands of Ethiopians who have been held in detention centres that have been described as "hellish" and "squalid". The first batch of 296 returnees had been detained in the notorious Shumaisi detention centre near Jeddah, which holds 16,000 Ethiopian migrants. Saudi Arabia 'holding 16,000 Ethiopian migrants' in single detention centre: Report Read More »"Overall, there are roughly 40,000 Ethiopian migrants ready to go back home," said Tedla. Expelled from YemenIn March, Amnesty International revealed that Houthi officials in Yemen had expelled thousands of Ethiopian migrant workers and their families to Saudi Arabia. But when the Covid-19 pandemic began to worsen, Houthi officials ejected the Ethiopian workers and sent them to the Saudi border.

Source: Ethiopian News January 27, 2021 13:52 UTC