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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