Ethiopia Bans Overseas Job Seeking
The government has banned its citizens from seeking overseas employment in a bid to curtail "human trafficking and loss of lives".
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Ethiopia:
The Diaspora Controversy
Addis Fortune, 20 October 2013
One issue the new President, Mulatu Teshome (Phd), did not include during his first speech to the House of Peoples' Representatives and the House of Federation was the Diaspora.… Read more »
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Kenya:
Ethiopian Immigrants Sent Home
The Star, 21 October 2013
THE government has repatriated 47 Ethiopians this year. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
38 Ethiopian Illegals Nabbed At Beitbridge
New Zimbabwe, 21 October 2013
IMMIGRATION officials and local cops arrested 38 Ethiopian immigrants Monday as they tried to cross into South Africa using an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River. Read more »
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Kenya:
Kwale Residents Flush Out 10 Ethiopians
The Star, 22 October 2013
Police and residents yesterday morning arrested 10 Ethiopians hiding in a house at Kijiwe cha Mpaka in Matuga, Kwale county. Their host, Ali Mwadaba, was arrested and taken to… Read more »
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The French Prime Minister, Jean Marc Ayrault, has called for an urgent meeting of European leaders to discuss border management, following the death of scores of African migrants ... Read more »
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A boat carrying as many as 500 immigrants that sunk off the Italian Island of Lampedusa has sparked debate on why Africans appear determined to make such a foolhardy journey to get ... Read more »