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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Fred Harter in Wukro, Ethiopia and Obock, Djibouti

Saudi border forces accused of killing ‘hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’

Migrants dig a grave near the trail from Al Thabit into Saudi Arabia
Migrants dig a grave near the trail from Yemen into Saudi Arabia. People making the journey have reported coming under machine gun fire and seeing bodies on the way. Photograph: Reuters

Saudi Arabia’s forces are accused of using indiscriminate force against migrants on their borders, with reports of deaths and injuries and multiple accounts of women being raped.

Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross from neighbouring Yemen between 2019 and 2024 have given accounts to the Guardian of coming under machine gun fire and of seeing bodies rotting in the border area.

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