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Men make up the vast majority of economic migrants traveling between Ethiopia and the Gulf. But a handful of women make the journey every day as well. Alam Haile, 20, is trying to get back to Saudi Arabia, where she had worked for two years cleaning houses before she was caught and deported back to Ethiopia. She said the long voyage from Ethiopia, through Yemen to Saudi Arabia doesn't scare her. "We are like males. We can’t be afraid," she said. For this photo, she couldn't stop giggling.
- Credits Benedict Moran/IRIN
- Themes Migration
- Regions Africa East Africa Djibouti HORN OF AFRICA Middle East and North Africa Yemen