Another Front in Saudi War: Kingdom Deports Yemeni Workers to Face Starvation at “Home”
SANA’A, YEMEN — Fifty-year-old Ali al-Za`ali grew up in Yemen’s Hajjah province. Around 30 years ago at the tender age of 20, al-Za`ali left Yemen, even then one of the most poverty-stricken countries on earth, to seek opportunity in neighboring oil-rich Saudi Arabia. There he sent his modest earnings back to family members in Yemen. Al-Za`ali told Mint Press:
Before I was expelled from Saudi Arabia, I used to provide for my parents and my brothers’ families. Today, I can’t even provide for myself.”
