IOM Supports Voluntary Return of Ugandans Stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
More
than 100 Ugandan migrant workers stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to
the COVID-19-induced economic downturn and travel restrictions have been
assisted to return home voluntarily by the International Organization for
Migration, in partnership with the governments of Saudi Arabia and
Uganda.
With support from the IOM
Regional Office in Nairobi, IOM missions in Uganda and Bahrain worked closely
with Ugandan authorities and embassy representatives in Riyadh on the
identification and screening of 229 Ugandan nationals in Saudi Arabia. IOM
assistance eventually went to the 113 most vulnerable migrants who had no other
means to return to Uganda and had tested free of COVID-19.
Tens of thousands of Ugandans
are working abroad, especially in the Middle...