Saudi Arabia migrant killings: ‘Burial sites have grown in size over past year’ Saudi border guards fired “like rain” on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday. FRANCE 24 spoke to the report’s author, Refugee and Migrant Rights researcher Nadia Hardman, who said that “burial sites have grown in size over the past year” along Saudi guard posts. She also recounted some horrifying accounts on how the Saudi border guards tortured migrants, including forcing a 17-year old boy rape girl survivors.