Egypt: African Migrants Killed Trying to Enter Israel Illegally
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/world/africa/28wbriefs-AFRICANMIGRA_BRF.html
March 28, 2008
World Briefing | Middle East
Egypt: African Migrants Killed Trying to Enter Israel Illegally
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS [Israeli-Palestinian conflict] [following the Annapolis conference and the agreement to seek agreement by end of 2008] [more tit-for-tat violence] [immigration our of desperation] [more northern Africans attempt to get into Israel] [****]
An Egyptian security official said border guards killed two African migrants who were trying to cross illegally into Israel at the northern Sinai Peninsula. [****]The official said the two men, from Ivory Coast, were shot after refusing to surrender. According to reports, Egyptian border guards have killed 10 migrants this year, mostly Africans, spurring calls for investigations from human rights groups.
Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/world/africa/28wbriefs-AFRICANMIGRA_BRF.html
March 28, 2008
World Briefing | Middle East
Egypt: African Migrants Killed Trying to Enter Israel Illegally
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS [Israeli-Palestinian conflict] [following the Annapolis conference and the agreement to seek agreement by end of 2008] [more tit-for-tat violence] [immigration our of desperation] [more northern Africans attempt to get into Israel] [****]
An Egyptian security official said border guards killed two African migrants who were trying to cross illegally into Israel at the northern Sinai Peninsula. [****]The official said the two men, from Ivory Coast, were shot after refusing to surrender. According to reports, Egyptian border guards have killed 10 migrants this year, mostly Africans, spurring calls for investigations from human rights groups.
Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company