Ethiopian maid on final exit escapes at airport

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An Ethiopian maid managed to escape from King Abdulaziz International Airport a few hours before her scheduled flight departed for her final exit.

The maid’s sponsor, Saad Allah Al-Zahrani, said the maid had arrived a few months ago upon his request.
“She refused to work and demanded that she go back to her country despite the family’s attempts to persuade her to stay,” he added.
Al-Zahrani bought her a return ticket. “I personally took her to the airport and admitted her to the passport department after getting the boarding ticket. I could not get inside to stamp the passport in compliance with the regulations, so I just made sure that she was standing in the queue and left the airport. I was later surprised to receive a telephone call from the airport telling me that she could not be found anywhere on the airport premises and that the flight had left without her on board.”

A security source said the maid remains under the responsibility of her sponsor if she did not stamp her passport. He advised citizens to be sure that workers on their sponsorship go past the passport counter before leaving the airport premises.
“In Al-Zahrani’s case, he should submit a report to security bodies stating that his maid has escaped so that his sponsorship is removed from our systems,” said the source.

JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS