To: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus., The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia.
EDR : (Ethiopia's Demand Reciprocity) laws on Saudi Arabia.
large number of Ethiopians migrate to Saudi Arabia and Arab countries for domestic work through a visa system called Kafala. In this system the visa is obtained through the employer. The migrants are not allowed to change employer or move around without the permission of the employer. Because of the inherent flaw of the system many are abused specially women. The abuse surfaced in recent days as the government of Saudi Arabia implemented a new law that required migrants either to leave the country or upgrade their immigration status, they Investment as they wish in our country and have a lot of freedom ,buying lands and houses in there name and that is unfair unequal we can't do business in there country as we wish, nor by a house or land or live a decent and respectful life , if that's the case then we strongly demand that the Ethiopian government applies the (reciprocity in international relations) laws on all Arab and Gulf countries specifically on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia! there are no laws to protect us in Saudi Arabia no laws that serve us no laws that make us prosper as equal human beans in their country they only want us to be there slaves and do their lower level jobs without having the right to get free medical attention or free education for us or our kids actually they have been adding more and more laws that enslave our people day and night they look at us as a lower form of human beings that they can enslave hurt and abuse as they wish ,they despise us hate us and abuse us verbally mentally and physically with out any kind of law or system to protect Ethiopians ,actually the system is made and built to exactly do that. we Ethiopian cannot conceive this kind of mistreatment to any human being , we refuse it and it is in our lawful right that we demand that they get the same lawful treatment in our country they have no right to buy houses lands or do business with out an Ethiopian partner over 60% or more, they have no right to stay on our land with out a Sponsor a citizen like they do to us through there visa system called Kafala! there are a lot lot more of other stuff they do to use much much more that you and i know and the world knows it too.
These are the demands of the Ethiopian Nation that they want our government to start applying the (reciprocity in international relations) laws on all Arab and Gulf countries specifically on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia right away.
These are the demands of the Ethiopian Nation that they want our government to start applying the (reciprocity in international relations) laws on all Arab and Gulf countries specifically on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia right away.
Why is this important?
We need to do something abut this in our country we need to make sure that our people reviser the best of treatment in Saudi Arabia as Saudis want to reviser from us in our country , and we need to be totally clear with the Saudi government and their people ,that we will not tolerant any level or kind of injustices to our people in there country, they will not get one single thing more in our country then we get in their country.