Ban on Ethiopian workers still in place
Diretube. The
Ministry of Labor said Sunday that the ban on the recruitment of
Ethiopian workers will remain in place, while the two countries continue
to exert efforts to resolve differences that hamper plans to forge
closer ties in the manpower sector.
The Kingdom and Ethiopia, however, have agreed to set up an expert panel to study how to control illegal human trafficking and boost relations in the sector.
Hattab Al-Enezi, Labor Ministry spokesman, said that the “status quo remains; the Kingdom’s ban on Ethiopian manpower has not been lifted.”
He clarified that Saudi Arabia had not taken any decision on hiring workers from Ethiopia. About 150,000 undocumented Ethiopian workers have been repatriated since Riyadh embarked on its crackdown against illegal immigrants.
Al-Enezi was responding to reports circulating that the ban was lifted following talks between Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal and his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom in Riyadh on Friday.
“The two countries have endorsed several proposals following ministerial talks, but the ban on recruitment is still in place,” said an African diplomat, on condition of anonymity.
He pointed out that the two countries endorsed two major proposals, first to hold political consultation and second to set up a joint panel to curb illegal human trafficking, following talks between the foreign ministers.
Both ministers also agreed to hold talks on framework accords on investment protection and labor agreements prior to the joint ministerial commission, to be held soon.
A statement issued by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said that the Kingdom and Ethiopia had expressed a keen desire to forge closer ties in different sectors, not the least of which includes manpower.
With a population of 91 million people, Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country after Nigeria, but is also one of the continent’s poorest, with the majority of people earning less than $2 a day.
In the statement, Tedros expressed his confidence in relations with the Kingdom and noted that “Saudi Arabia was the first country with which Ethiopia established diplomatic relation in the Gulf.”
He said that the illegal recruitment of workers, which rendered many of them undocumented in the Kingdom, “highlighted the human challenges posed by people-smuggling in the Horn of Africa.”
Source Arab News
Diretube. The
Ministry of Labor said Sunday that the ban on the recruitment of
Ethiopian workers will remain in place, while the two countries continue
to exert efforts to resolve differences that hamper plans to forge
closer ties in the manpower sector.The Kingdom and Ethiopia, however, have agreed to set up an expert panel to study how to control illegal human trafficking and boost relations in the sector.
Hattab Al-Enezi, Labor Ministry spokesman, said that the “status quo remains; the Kingdom’s ban on Ethiopian manpower has not been lifted.”
He clarified that Saudi Arabia had not taken any decision on hiring workers from Ethiopia. About 150,000 undocumented Ethiopian workers have been repatriated since Riyadh embarked on its crackdown against illegal immigrants.
Al-Enezi was responding to reports circulating that the ban was lifted following talks between Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal and his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom in Riyadh on Friday.
“The two countries have endorsed several proposals following ministerial talks, but the ban on recruitment is still in place,” said an African diplomat, on condition of anonymity.
He pointed out that the two countries endorsed two major proposals, first to hold political consultation and second to set up a joint panel to curb illegal human trafficking, following talks between the foreign ministers.
Both ministers also agreed to hold talks on framework accords on investment protection and labor agreements prior to the joint ministerial commission, to be held soon.
A statement issued by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said that the Kingdom and Ethiopia had expressed a keen desire to forge closer ties in different sectors, not the least of which includes manpower.
With a population of 91 million people, Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country after Nigeria, but is also one of the continent’s poorest, with the majority of people earning less than $2 a day.
In the statement, Tedros expressed his confidence in relations with the Kingdom and noted that “Saudi Arabia was the first country with which Ethiopia established diplomatic relation in the Gulf.”
He said that the illegal recruitment of workers, which rendered many of them undocumented in the Kingdom, “highlighted the human challenges posed by people-smuggling in the Horn of Africa.”
Source Arab News
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