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like many illegal migrants, mustafa followed a 2000 kilometre ancient slave trade route. on entering djibouti, they walked through the desert before crossing the red sea, to war torn yemen and then travelled onwards to saudi arabia. with few opportunities, many young ethiopians are lured to make the journey. it is a torturous journey through temperatures of up to 50 degrees. suffering hunger and dehydration, many migrants do not make it. from the djibouti coast to yemen, it is an eight hour journey across the red sea in crammed boats. every year, hundreds drown. mustafa says that ethnic tensions between the oromos
before crossing the red sea, to war torn yemen and then travelled onwards to saudi arabia. with few opportunities, many young ethiopians are lured to make the journey. it is a torturous journey through temperatures of up to 50 degrees. suffering hunger and dehydration, many migrants do not make it. from the djibouti coast to yemen, it is an eight hour journey across the red sea in crammed boats. every year, hundreds drown. mustafa says that ethnic tensions between the oromos and tigrayans are also never far from the surface. and that is not all, mustafa says.