US Urges Saudi Arabia to Identify Killers of Ethiopian Migrants

US Urges Saudi Arabia to Identify Killers of Ethiopian Migrants

 Source: The Washington Post published on 31 August 2023 an article titled “U.S. Presses Saudi Arabia on Reported Migrant Massacres” by Missy Ryan, Sarah Dadouch, John Hudson, and Karen DeYoung.  

The Biden administration is pressing the government of Saudi Arabia to identify the military units along the Yemen/Saudi border alleged by Human Rights Watch to have killed Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who were trying to enter the country.  The United States has trained the maritime division of the Saudi border guards and the kingdom is the single largest customer for foreign military sales.