Ethiopia’s National committee of Repatriation of Citizens from Saudi Arabia and other Countries announced today (November 8, 2022) that the repatriation of citizens from Saudi Arabia will resume in two weeks.
The National Committee members from 16 sector offices has convened today to discuss preparations completed to resume repatriations. The meeting also overviewed the progresses that have been achieved so far.
During the discussion, State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of the National Committee, Ambassador Birtukan Ayano reaffirmed government’s unwavering commitment to repatriate citizens and mentioned that provisional shelters for repatriates has been arranged.
She also underlined the need for Federal and Regional organs assigned to the mission work in a concerted manner to achieve national targets set by the National Committee.
The previous round of repatriation has achieved 70% of the target repatriating 71,697 citizens in 198 flights out of the target of repatriating 102,000 citizens.
She notified all the 16 member sector offices are prepared to return the remaining 30,303 citizens in the repatriation that will proceed in two weeks.