3,000 migrants have been deported from Kingdom in recent days. FMTNews Saudi
ADDIS ABABA: Saudi Arabia has deported nearly 3,000 Ethiopian migrants in recent days, despite concerns that such operations could hasten the spread of the coronavirus, the United Nations says.
“Large-scale migratory movements which are not planned make the transmission of the virus much more likely to continue,” Catherine Sozi, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Ethiopia, said in a statement.The migrants are kept in detention facilities in Saudi Arabia before being flown back to Ethiopia, and it is unclear how thoroughly Saudi authorities are screening them for the virus.
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute on Monday referred questions about the deportations to the country’s foreign ministry, which did not respond to a request for comment. Ethiopia has reported just 74 cases of Covid-19 and three deaths, but testing remains limited and experts fear the country’s weak health system could quickly become overwhelmed.Ethiopians have long looked to Saudi Arabia as an escape from poor economic prospects and state repression, hoping to find work despite not having legal status.
Since then, around 10,000 Ethiopians on average have been deported monthly, including in January and February.
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