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Saudi security forces accused of killing of Ethiopian migrants on Yemen border

File Photo: Ethiopian migrants in April 2019, in Aden, Yemen. Human Rights Watch claims that Saudi Arabia has massacred hundreds of Ethiopians trying to cross into the Kingdom from Yemen. AFP - -

Saudi border guards reportedly "fired like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, killing hundreds since last year, according to an NGO report.

The allegations contained within a report published by Human Rights Watch this Monday point to a significant escalation of abuses along the perilous "Eastern Route" from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, where hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians live and work.

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