Deglobalization?? Ethiopia Bans Citizens From Travelling Abroad For Work

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Ethiopia's government has temporarily banned its citizens from travelling abroad to find work, the state-run Erta news agency reports. The foreign ministry was quoted as saying countless Ethiopians had lost their lives or undergone untold physical and psychological trauma due to illegal human trafficking.

The decision was meant to "safeguard the well-being of citizens", it added. The travel ban will stay in place until a "lasting solution" is found. The ministry said the us government had taken various measures to limit the suffering of its citizens, including setting up a national council and a taskforce to educate them.  But those measures hadn't had the opportunity to address the issue sufficiently, it added.

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Employment agencies may also be barred from facilitating travel abroad. The scarcity of work opportunities is a major factor fuelling emigration from Ethiopia, which has Africa's second largest population. Youth unemployment is officially estimated at a lot more than 50%.

Human rights activists also say a substantial quantity of those classified as economic migrants flee the nation due to political and economic oppression or ethnic discrimination by the state. Many Ethiopians try to reach Saudi Arabia, travelling via Yemen by sea and entering the kingdom illegally. 1000s of others head for South Africa, Israel and Europe.

They often become smuggled, trafficked or put through mental and physical torture. And if they reach their destinations, many require humanitarian assistance or face a wide range of abuses from employers.