Report points to a surge in abuses along the perilous migrant route from the Horn of Africa to oilrich Saudi Arabia where hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians live and work . Saudi government source dismissed the allegations as unfounded and not based on reliable sources .
The European Union noted with concern the HRW claims and plans to raise them with Riyadh and with the Houthi rebels who control strategic parts of Yemen a spokesman Peter Stano said . The UNs International Organisation for Migration IOM says hundreds of thousand of people each year take the socalled eastern route from Africa in the hope of working in the wealthy Gulf countries .
UN experts reported concerning allegations that crossborder artillery shelling and smallarms fire by Saudi Arabia security forces killed approximately migrants in southern Saudi Arabia and northern Yemen during the first four months of 2014 . In March of that year the repatriation of Ethiopianians from Saudi Arabia began under an agreement between the two countries began in March of this year .
The EU said in March the repatriations of Ethiopian migrants began under the agreement between March of 2014. In March 2013 the repatriating of Ethiopian from Saudi Saudi Arabia started in March 2013 under the deal . In April 2013 the return of Ethiopian citizens were expected to be sent home over several months.
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