Saudi Arabia: Mass Killings of Migrants at Yemen Border
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Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. If committed as part of a Saudi government policy to murder migrants, these killings, which appear to continue, would be a crime against humanity.

In some instances, Saudi border guards asked migrants what limb to shoot, and then shot them at close range. Saudi border guards also fired explosive weapons at migrants who were attempting to flee back to Yemen.

  • crow@beehaw.org
    8·
    1 year ago

    Are people trying to flee to Saudi Arabia because it’s the closest border? I can’t imagine many people wanting to go there willingly.

    • jarfil@beehaw.org
      6·
      1 year ago

      Saudi Arabia is technically a “rich” country, particularly compared to Ethiopia, Somalia or Yemen. What these people might not know, is that they don’t want immigrants, only temporary slave workers. So while it’s possible to find a job there and hopefully get paid and let go back to your country, they have zero interest in granting asylum (and citizenship!) to anyone.