Saudi Arabia, struggling with youth unemployment, has been sending thousands back to Ethiopia in concert with Addis Ababa. Two sets of fence lines could be seen just across the border into Saudi Arabia. The U.N. has said that the Houthi-controlled immigration office “collaborates with traffickers to systematically direct migrants” to Saudi Arabia, bringing in $50,000 a week. However, throughout the war years, the Houthis claimed multiple incursions across the Saudi border in this mountainous region. Migrants from Ethiopia have found themselves detained, abused and even killed in Saudi Arabia and Yemen during the war.

Source: Ethiopian News August 21, 2023 11:26 UTC