They Fired on Us Like Rain': Saudi Arabian Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border

Author:
Human Rights Watch
Publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Publication Date:
21 August 2023
Tags:
Ethiopia, Governance, Human Rights, Middle East and Africa, Refugees and Displacement, United States, Canada and Africa

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 research indicates that, at time of writing, the killings are continuing. Saudi border guards have used explosive weapons and shot people at close range, including women and children, in a pattern that is widespread and systematic.

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