International Organization for Migration (Geneva)
23 June 2009
A new IOM report on the irregular migration of men from the Horn and East Africa to South Africa finds that increasing numbers of smuggled migrants, particularly from Ethiopia and Somalia, are routinely deceived, abused, exploited and stigmatized by various parties from the moment they leave their homes until they reach South Africa, where they may settle or travel further afield to Europe, the ...
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In my opinion, most of the youth that are migrating are not poor in their native country, e.g., Ethiopia. If they were, they couldn't be able to get thousands of Birr to pay for their dangerous journey. The root cause for this is not poverty, but being over ambitious. They don't want to create business in their country; they don't want be employed in their country. Instead they try to politicize everything. Imagine, an illiterate Ethiopian woman can earn 300br a month if she wants to be hired as a house maid, but they knowingly or unknowingly prefer to go to the Sudan and Arab states and you find them crying for what is happenning on them there. Who is to blame for this? Same true for the men. The youth in Addis are simply money mongers without working. Many Ethiopians go to Kenya and get registered as refugees there and come back to wait untill UNHCR processes their journey for the US and Europe. After some time, you come to know they have left for Canada, US or Europe. for Somali and Eritrea the reasons can be true but for Ethiopians, it is totally different.