PICTURES: Deported Ethiopians describe beatings, theft and stays in dirty prison camps in Saudi Arabia

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. In interviews with The Associated Press upon their arrival home, the returnees described beatings, theft and stays in dirty prison camps. Their accounts brought to light one of the world's busiest and most dangerous migrant routes but one that remains overlooked amid the larger rush toward Europe. Saudi Arabia, like other rich Gulf nations, is a magnet for hundreds of thousands of people from impoverished East African nations like Ethiopia and Somalia. They pay traffickers for rides in boats across the narrow waters to Yemen, where they make their way by land through a war zone. Ethiopia's government says more than 14,000 of its citizens have been deported since mid-November and 70,000 have returned voluntarily, but the International Organization Migration says the number that has left forcibly or voluntarily since the amnesty period ended in June has reached 96,000. Saudi Arabia ordered all undocumented migrants to leave voluntarily in March, an order later extended until June. The majority of the migrants chose to remain and now face forced deportation.

 

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, Ethiopian women sit on a luggage conveyor belt as they wait for family members after being deported from Saudi Arabia, at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) 

 

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, Sabit Mohammed, 18, sits in a corridor after being deported barefoot from Saudi Arabia, at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

 

 

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, Ethiopian migrants sleep on cold floors after being deported from Saudi Arabia, at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

 

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, Ethiopian Hassen Yusuf counts the only money he managed to bring home, equivalent to about US$50, after being deported from Saudi Arabia, at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

 

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, Ethiopian Zeynu Abebe, 19, sits in between two others upon his arrival after being deported from Saudi Arabia, at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

 

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, an Ethiopian migrant holds his clothes after being deported from Saudi Arabia, at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

 

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, Ethiopian migrants lie on the floor upon their arrival after being deported from Saudi Arabia, at the airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Undocumented Ethiopian migrants who are being forcibly deported from Saudi Arabia by the thousands in a new crackdown say they were mistreated by authorities while detained. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

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