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00:00 Last year, Mustafa tried to enter Saudi Arabia illegally in search of work.
00:07 Just as he was about to cross the border, he was shot at and lost a leg.
00:13 When I saw the Saudi soldiers who shot me, I asked them why they did it.
00:17 They replied, "Why are you coming here?
00:19 What are you doing here?"
00:20 I asked them to take me to hospital and told them I was injured, but they just replied,
00:24 "We don't care.
00:25 If you die, it's not our problem."
00:28 The International Organization for Migration took care of Mustafa.
00:32 They treated him in hospital, where he met Wazara, who was also injured at the border.
00:37 They later got married.
00:39 They put the metal structure there.
00:46 It's a lot better now, but when I got home, the bone wasn't healed.
00:51 My family had to bring me back to the hospital, where they inserted surgical pins.
01:00 They're among 10 migrants to have returned to Burkina Faso injured.
01:04 To help them find work, IOM has put in place a reintegration program.
01:09 After the training and the business plan development, it's basically us providing in-kind assistance
01:17 based on what kind of livelihood a migrant wants to take up.
01:20 Say somebody wants to start a small cafe, we will cover the rent for the first couple
01:25 of months of their business.
01:27 However, only 200 of the 50,000 Ethiopians who returned from Saudi Arabia last year were
01:34 able to benefit from this program.
01:36 Activists say encouraging employment could help prevent people from making the dangerous
01:42 trip.