"The Saudi border has been perhaps more porous in the past, but with the current instability in Yemen the Saudis have certainly tightened up their controls. And so that's why there's a huge surge at the border and at this border town Haradh, which is smack in the middle of the desert with quite extreme weather conditions. And the migrants are among a number of vulnerable groups already hosted in Haradh and the surrounding area," she said.
No visa, no entry
Most of those who do make it across the Saudi Arabian border are forced to return to Yemen.
"We come across desperate cases of people who've been returned to Yemen under duress. And who have most probably undergone quite strenuous circumstances in order to get across to Saudi," she said.
The Ethiopian government is doing what it can to assist the migrants and has asked the international Organization for migration for help. Since last year, IOM has evacuated about 5,000 so-called irregular Ethiopian migrants. But now, it's out of money. It's asking donors for $2.5 million so it can resume the evacuations of the Ethiopian migrants.
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