Migrants cross Yemen war zone to find work in Saudi Arabia
By MAGGIE MICHAEL, NARIMAN EL-MOFTY and MAAD AL-ZEKRIFebruary 14, 2020 GMT
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LAC ASSAL, Djibouti (AP) “Patience,” Mohammed Eissa told himself.
He whispered it every time he felt like giving up. The sun was brutal, reflecting off the thick layer of salt encrusting the barren earth around Lac Assal, a lake 10 times saltier than the ocean.
Nothing grows here. Birds are said to fall dead out of the sky from the searing heat. And yet the 35-year-old Ethiopian walked on, as he had for three days, since he left his homeland for Saudi Arabia.
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