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Measures taken by Israel reduced the influx of illegal African migrants

December 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Measures taken by Israel to stem a flow of illegal African migrants coming across its desert border with Egypt have had a dramatic effect in recent months, reducing the influx of newcomers to a trickle, according to recent government figures … read more »

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Eritrean Asylum seekers Pushed Back to Egypt, Despite Risk of Abuse

October 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

press release Jerusalem — The Israeli military has since June 2012 prevented dozens of asylum seekers, most of them Eritreans, from crossing Israel’s newly constructed fence on its border with Egypt, Human Rights Watch, the Hotline for Migrant Workers, and … read more »

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