The paper deals with irregular migrants from Tǝgray region, northern Ethiopia to the Gulf region. In recent years irregular migration has become rampant not only in the region, but also in the country. The massive emigration of the youthful population is having adverse socioeconomic, psychological and political impact. It is also damaging the image of the country and it can be argued that also the development endeavors of the country are undermined. A study on irregular migrants is also triggered by the following observations : 1. it is associated with all sorts of life-threatening risks and yet its magnitude has been increasing enormously ; 2. it is happening when there are also legal means of migrating out of the country, and 3. there are...