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Guards of the [[ |Saudi General Directorate of Border Guard]] have been accused of killing hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers along the Saudi Arabian–Yemeni border from March 2022 to June 2023.<ref name=hardman>{{Cite journal |last=Hardman |first=Nadia |date=2023-08-21 |title=”They Fired on Us Like Rain” |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/08/21/they-fired-us-rain/saudi-arabian-mass-killings-ethiopian-migrants-yemen-saudi |journal=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-21 |title=Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards – report |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66545787 |access-date=2023-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont |first=Peter |date=2023-08-21 |title=‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/21/fired-on-like-rain-saudi-border-guards-accused-of-mass-killings-of-ethiopians |access-date=2023-10-29 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] stated that these killings may qualify as [[crimes against humanity]],<ref name=hardman/> with reports stating that [[Explosive weapon|explosive weaponry]] were used to kill many migrants at close range, including women and children.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title=Saudi Arabia: Mass Killings of Migrants at Yemen Border |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/21/saudi-arabia-mass-killings-migrants-yemen-border |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref> In addition to killing and beating migrants, the Saudi border guards were also reported to have raped female migrants, as well as forcing local men and boys to carry out these rapes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harter |first=Fred |date=28 February 2025 |title=Saudi border forces accused of killing ‘hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/28/saudi-border-forces-accused-of-killing-hundreds-of-ethiopian-migrants |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=22 November 2025}}</ref> |
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As of June 2024, border killings were reported to still be occurring on a regular basis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Horwood |first1=Chris |last2=Frouws |first2=Bram |date=5 June 2024 |title=Saudi border killings continue |url=https://mixedmigration.org/saudi-border-killings-continue |website=Mixed Migration Centre |access-date=22 November 2025}}</ref> |
As of June 2024, border killings were reported to still be occurring on a regular basis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Horwood |first1=Chris |last2=Frouws |first2=Bram |date=5 June 2024 |title=Saudi border killings continue |url=https://mixedmigration.org/saudi-border-killings-continue |website=Mixed Migration Centre |access-date=22 November 2025}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 18:43, 22 November 2025
Guards of the Saudi General Directorate of Border Guard have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian refugees and asylum seekers along the Saudi Arabian–Yemeni border from March 2022 to June 2023.[1][2][3] Human Rights Watch stated that these killings may qualify as crimes against humanity,[1] with reports stating that explosive weaponry were used to kill many migrants at close range, including women and children.[4] In addition to killing and beating migrants, the Saudi border guards were also reported to have raped female migrants, as well as forcing local men and boys to carry out these rapes.[5]
As of June 2024, border killings were reported to still be occurring on a regular basis.[6]
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