Saudi Arabia: 12,000 Somalis Expelled | Human Rights Watch

Saudi Arabia: 12,000 Somalis Expelled | Human Rights Watch:

(Nairobi) – Saudi authorities have deported more than 12,000 people to Somalia since January 1, 2014, including hundreds of women and children, without allowing any to make refugee claims. Saudi Arabia should end the summary deportations, which risk violating its international obligations not to return anyone to a place where their life or freedom is threatened or where they face other serious harm.

 

 

Farhia,
a Somali woman who is now eight-months pregnant, was deported to
Somalia from Saudi Arabia on January 29, 2014 after working for 10 years
as a domestic worker. The Saudi authorities have deported at least
12,000 people to Somalia since January 2014 without allowing any to make
refugee claims. Mogadishu, Somalia. February 8, 2014.