The phenomenon of return migration has been neglec ted in many st udies in Arrica ill generalrndnd Eth iopia in particular. Converse ly. there has been a growing recogniti on that migration. bothrninternal and international, can one r an important directi on out of poverty for Illany people fromrndevelop ing co untries. Parti cularly. high-skilled return migration has thc potential to positive lyrnimpact on development in our country in many ways including through the harness of thernpotent ial of acti ve (youth) portions or the soc iety who acti vc ly cngllged in cmigration. /1,0.rnvarious studi es conducted among Asian. European and Mediterrancan return migranLs havernshown Lhm many return migrants race serious probl ems in obtaining employment ullcr returni ngrnhome. Evidentially, several months ago. there were ovcr 150,000 Ethiopians who wc re lorced LOrnreturn to home as a resu lt or the crackdown in the Ki ngdom targeting illegal foreignrnlaborers/migrants. Besides, the repatriation was accidental and the incident was not projected.rnParticu larly. Ethiopian yo uth re turn migrants' later life at homc was ridd led with possibilities andrnchallenges and they had signilicant impacts and prospec ts ror the development in the localitic,rnand regions LO where they return . I-Ience. their Imer socio-economic and psychological lilcexperiences,rnafter the retu rn from the Kingdom, in their host communities required sc rUTin y. Tornth is end. the aim of this study was to exp lore the socio-economic and psyc hological likrnexperiences of Eth iopian youth Rellirnees !i'om the Gulf Countri es, the Case Study of Saud irnRetu rnees ii'om Shi rka Worecla of Oromiya Regional State. Accordingly. key intfJl'll1antrn;nterview. locus group discussion and in-depth in terview were employed for this st udy. Severalrninterviews conducted with 53 ( lin)' Lhrce) Eth iopian youth return migrants. Besides. Lhere were arntotal or nine (9) st' lec lcci hn indiv iduals and three ICU!),. r he sLuri), cmpluycd '1u.ll itati't;rnresearch approach and an exploratory research de sign respect ive ly. In add iti()n to Lh is.rnconsidering the time dimension , the study was cross-sectional ill nature. The select ion of Lhernrespondents (interviewees) fo llowed snow ball sampling or non-pro bability sampling technique.rnTo thi s end, the study analyzed the overal l sketch of return migration and its implications tc)rrnlocal development in the study arca in particul ar. The stuclyinclicated that there were changes inrnliving standa rds/conditions of return migrants as compared to what they were belo re migraLion.rnLikewise. study p~rticipants asserted that the return migrants have been rucing challenges.rnespecia lly with regard tolinding job opportuniti es. Thc study recomillends that gm Cril mc IIIrnought to des ign and implement comprehen sive programlllcs such as post-arrival counseling.rnreintegration and business start-up support lor returnees to ensure a max imulll utili zation of theirrnskills and resources tor the socia-economic development orthe co untry.rnKeywords: Rcturn migrants, Life experiences Saudi, Youth Ethiopian