Ethiopia repatriates 27,300 nationals stranded in Myanmar, Saudi Arabia

Multinational victims of scam centres, who were trafficked into working in Myanmar and were sent to Thailand on February 12, 2025.

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The Ethiopian government announced on Tuesday that it has repatriated more than 27,300 nationals who were stranded in Myanmar and Saudi Arabia over the past five months.

Presenting the ministry’s performance report to the House of Peoples’ Representatives, the lower chamber of Ethiopia’s parliament, Foreign Affairs Minister Gedion Timothewos said the government repatriated 1,300 nationals who “were in very difficult conditions” in Myanmar.