Ethiopia's government has temporarily
banned its citizens from travelling abroad to look for work, the state-run Erta
news agency reports.
The
foreign ministry was quoted as saying countless Ethiopians had lost their lives
or undergone untold physical and psychological trauma because of illegal human
trafficking.
The
decision was meant to "safeguard the well-being of citizens", it
added.
The
travel ban will remain in place until a "lasting solution" is found.
The
ministry said the government had taken various measures to limit the suffering
of its citizens, including setting up a national council and a taskforce to
educate them.
But
those measures had not been able to address the problem sufficiently, it added.
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