Saudi Arabia crackdown nets over 400 ‘illegal’ Ethiopian migrants

RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN ARAB NEWS Police arrested a large number of illegal expatriates in the south of the capital in an early morning raid on Thursday under the direct supervision of Riyadh Gov. Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. According to one eyewitness, operations started immediately after dawn prayers.  He said that more than

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70 Ethiopian Immigrants escape through hole in jail wall; 25 rearrested

Arab News In this November 9, 2013 file photo shows members of Saudi security forces detain Ethiopian workers during a riot in Manfouha, southern Riyadh. (Reuters) RIYADH: Around 70 Ethiopians escaped from a detention center in Riyadh. “We have arrested 25 of them and the security authorities are in hot pursuit of the remaining detainees,”

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70 Ethiopian Immigrants escape through hole in jail wall; 25 rearrested

Arab News In this November 9, 2013 file photo shows members of Saudi security forces detain Ethiopian workers during a riot in Manfouha, southern Riyadh. (Reuters) RIYADH: Around 70 Ethiopians escaped from a detention center in Riyadh. “We have arrested 25 of them and the security authorities are in hot pursuit of the remaining detainees,”

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Ethiopian Diaspora Family seeks kidney donor for ailing husband

Emirates247 By Bindu Rai Iyob Kebede and his wife Tirsit both work as drivers. (Supplied) Iyob Kebede lies in his hospital bed, a defeated man. His prognosis is ‘bleak’ according to his doctor, while his weekly life-saving treatment is now putting a drain on his family’s savings. The only cure is a kidney transplant for

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Ethiopians Abroad Rally to Help Compatriots Expelled from Saudi Arabia

By APO Press Releases GENEVA, Switzerland, May 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Ethiopian community in Finland has donated over EUR 7,700 towards IOM’s relief efforts to help destitute Ethiopians expelled from Saudi Arabia. The donation from the Finnish Ethiopian community follows similar initiatives by US-based Ethiopian associations and individuals who have also offered

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‘Ethiopian women face violence, rape in Saudi Arabia’ 

21 April 2014 Press TV Ethiopian migrant workers as well as right activists say female workers are being “beaten, robbed, imprisoned and raped” in Saudi Arabia. Zeneit Hussein, a 15-year-old Ethiopian girl who was in Saudi Arabia for eight months

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