Sudan urges Ethiopia to sign employment deal
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February 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government has called on
its Ethiopian counterpart to sign an agreement regularizing employment
between the two neighboring countries.
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FILE - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti (L) and Ethiopian Deputy
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (R)
Sudan, which shares a 723 km borders with Ethiopia, says it has been
grappling with increases in the number of Ethiopians who arrive
illegally in search of job opportunities, citing concerns of
concomitant social problems.
The call for regularizing employment was made by Sudan’s Foreign
Minister Ali Karti when he received on Thursday Ethiopia’s new
ambassador in Sudan.
Karti said while receiving credentials of the new ambassador that the
competent authorities in Sudan and Ethiopia need to consolidate
coordination in order to contain illegal movement across the border.
Sudan’s foreign ministry announced in September last year that it had
signed an agreement with its Ethiopian counterpart to tighten border
control in order to fight human trafficking and curb illegal
employment on both sides of the border.
The ministry’s official spokesman revealed that some ad hoc police
units were formed to counter the smuggling of Ethiopian
employment-seekers through Sudan’s borders.
The spokesman added that illegal employment constitutes a source of
trouble for both sides.
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