Saudi Arabian border guards injured or killed hundreds of mainly Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023, according to a report published on Monday, which claims the guards even asked some migrants which limb they would prefer shot.
Human Rights Watch claims the enforcement of strict border policies saw “women, men, and children’s bodies strewn across the mountainous landscape severely injured, already dead and dismembered,” according to a witness, with another explaining, “[t]here are some people who you cannot identify because their bodies are thrown everywhere. Some people were torn in half…”
The Saudi government has been quick to denounce the report, with a government official claiming its main assertions are “unfounded and not based on reliable sources.”
There are around 750,000 thousand Ethiopians living in Saudi Arabia, with many on the North African coast viewing the country as a land of opportunity. Migrants usually travel in groups of up to 200 people, starting the journey by crossing the Gulf of Aden, which separates the Arabian peninsula from mainland Africa.
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