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Traffickers Shoot Dead Egyptian Guard at Israeli Border
[AnNahar] An Egyptian border guard was killed on Wednesday during a shootout with people traffickers trying to cross into Israel with illegal African migrants, a security official said.Thousands of Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... ns and Sudanese nationals flee each year to Israel with the help of gangs across a vast desert region stretching from Sudan, through Egypt and up to the Sinai Peninsula. The 22-year-old officer was stationed in the middle of the Sinai Peninsula -- which borders Israel -- when he was shot, officials said. Israel's population of African immigrants reached almost 54,000 in 2013, the majority of whom were Eritrean and Sudanese, the country's immigration office said. Last year, Israel constructed an electric fence along its 230-kilometer (143-mile) border with Egypt, attempting to put an end to illegal immigration. In April 2013, Posted by: trailing wife 2014-08-28 |
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