50 migrants, mostly from Ethiopia and Somalia, found dead in Yemen

Associated Press By AHMED AL-HAJ SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni security official and witnesses say the bodies of dozens of illegal immigrants, mostly from Somalia and Ethiopia, have been found on western beaches after their boat capsized in the Red Sea. Witnesses said Monday that about 50 bodies were found starting Friday and buried

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Ethiopian maid saves employer’s drowning son in Saudi Arabia

Emirates247 An Ethiopian housemaid saved the life of her employer’s eight-year-old son after he nearly drowned in a swimming pool in the Gulf kingdom, prompting his father to reward her, a newspaper reported on Monday. The boy was with his parents at a public rest house in the capital Riyadh when he slipped and fell

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Four suffer burns in ‘maid attack’  

MENAFN – Arab News - (MENAFN – Arab News) An ethiopian housemaid has been arrested for allegedly pouring boiling cooking oil on four members of a saudi family in the town of dawadmi in riyadh. the man and his wife suffered first-degree burns. the two children’s injuries are not serious local media reported on friday.

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Ethiopian school in Saudi Arabia holds Expo 2014

Arab News RIYADH: RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. ROARING SUCCESS: Aman Hussain Yusuf, EISR chairman, cuts the ceremonial ribbon. (AN photo) The Ethiopian International School in Riyadh (EISR) celebrated recently Expo 2014 as part of the school children’s activities this year. For the school children and teachers who supervised the preparations, it was a memorable event

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Many Saudi-deported Ethiopians ‘caught trying to return’

In December of last year, Saudi deported more than 160,000 Ethiopians working in the kingdom on grounds that they lacked the necessary documentation. World Bulletin / News Desk Ethiopian authorities have been alarmed by a surge in the number of people previously deported by Saudi Arabia who are trying to return to the oil-rich kingdom

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15-year jail for woman who tortured maid to death

Gulf News Dubai: An Emirati housewife lost her legal battle on Monday after Dubai’s highest court confirmed that she will spend 15 years in prison for beating and torturing her maid to death. The Dubai Cassation Court rejected the appeal of the 46-year-old housewife, R.M., for a reduced punishment and confirmed her 15-year imprisonment. R.M.

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Ban on Ethiopian workers still in place

RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI Arab News The Ministry of Labor said Sunday that the ban on the recruitment of Ethiopian workers will remain in place, while the two countries continue to exert efforts to resolve differences that hamper plans to forge

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Ethiopian Migrants Expelled by Saudis Remain in Limbo Back Home

The New York Times By BENNO MUCHLER JAN. 8, 2014 Mohammed Jemal, forefront, returning home after being deportated from Saudi Arabia. Benno Muechler LEGUAMA, Ethiopia — Mohammed Jemal left Ethiopia two years ago. He wanted to be independent, to support his family

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