{"id":440162,"date":"2023-04-05T04:11:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T08:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=440162"},"modified":"2023-04-05T04:13:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T08:13:50","slug":"ethiopia-repatriates-around-131000-nationals-from-saudi-arabia-in-1-year-period-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/440162","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia repatriates around 131,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia in 1-year period: Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ethiopia Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) disclosed on Monday it has repatriated around 131,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia in a one-year period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEthiopia has successfully repatriated close to 131,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia in the 2022-2023 period,\u201d MoFA said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe repatriation was successfully conducted with the concerted efforts of various stakeholders spearheaded by a national committee under the auspices of the ministry,\u201d the MoFA tweet further stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday, MoFA Spokesman, Meles Alem told journalists that since Ethiopia started repatriating its citizens from Saudi Arabia in April 2023, at least 125,000 nationals have returned home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is a big number which needs a lot of time, capacity and effort. This shows the attention our government gives to its citizens,\u201d Meles said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meles also disclosed similar repatriation efforts of Ethiopian nationals have been undertaken in other middle eastern nations and African countries.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethiopia Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) disclosed on Monday it has repatriated around 131,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia in a one-year period. \u201cEthiopia has successfully repatriated close to 131,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia in the 2022-2023 period,\u201d MoFA said in a tweet. \u201cThe repatriation was successfully conducted with the concerted efforts of various stakeholders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":440165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5845],"class_list":["post-440162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news","tag-ethiopia-agoa-pm-abiyu-s"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/g.jpg?fit=290%2C174&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1Qvo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440164,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440162\/revisions\/440164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}