Saudi Arabia denies allegations regarding assaults on Ethiopian migrants crossing border

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Saudi Arabia denies allegations regarding assaults on Ethiopian migrants crossing border

Saudi Arabia denies allegations regarding assaults on Ethiopian migrants crossing border

Saudi Arabia has denied allegations made by an organization in one of its reports that said Ethiopian migrants had been assaulted while crossing into the Kingdom from Yemen. (File/Reuters)

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25 Aug 2023 01:08:29 GMT9

Claims “unfounded and based on unreliable sources,” official source said
People subjected to gunshot wounds by armed groups provided with medical care, source added

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia denied on Thursday allegations made by an organization in one of its reports that said Ethiopian migrants had been assaulted while crossing into the Kingdom from Yemen, Saudi Press Agency reported.

The claims are “unfounded and based on unreliable sources,” an official source said.

The source denounced the false allegations made by some organizations about the Kingdom and the publication and promotion of politicized and misleading reports as part of malicious media campaigns.

The source added that groups of people who were subjected to gunshot wounds by armed groups to push them to enter the Kingdom by force across the border had been provided with the necessary medical care.

Law enforcement agencies in the Kingdom are committed to the principles of national and international human rights, providing humanitarian services to those caught violating border security, and treating them in accordance with international human rights obligations, the source said.

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