The 22-year-old Ethiopian migrant said he lost his left leg after the Saudi border guards fired at him. A woman from Ethiopia told HRW that Saudi border guards ‘fired on us like rain’ after they had just released migrants from custody.—ReutersLONDON: Saudi border guards fired “like rain” on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross into the Gulf kingdom from Yemen, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Monday. One 20-year-old woman from Ethiopia’s Oromia region, interviewed by HRW, said Saudi border guards opened fire on a group of migrants they had just released from custody. In March that year, repatriation of Ethiopians from Saudi Arabia began under an agreement between the two countries. The HRW report said there was no response to letters it sent to Saudi officials.

Source: Ethiopian News August 22, 2023 02:34 UTC