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Ethiopia’s colossal human airlift from Saudi Arabia

AFP
When Ethiopia started repatriating its citizens living illegally in Saudi Arabia last month, 30,000 people were expected to return. Today, four times that amount have been repatriated — with numbers still swelling daily — straining agencies.

Over 100,000 Ethiopians sent back from Saudi Arabia

>More than 120,000 Ethiopian migrant workers have returned home after being expelled from Saudi Arabia. They had travelled to the Middle East to find domestic work and save money for their families.