http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=235370
Issue #: 3294, Issue Date: 7th July, 2014
Sudanese Court Fines Rescued Illegal Migrants
(KHARTOUM) - A Sudanese court ordered the 600 people who attempted
recently to migrate illegally to Libya to pay a fine or serve several
months in jail after being rescued by the army last week.
The total amount of fines sentenced by the North Sudan's Dongola tribunal
reached 40,000 Sudanese pound ($4,800). The courts also ordered to
repatriate the foreigners, mostly Eritreans and Ethiopians to their
respective countries.
A joint Sudanese Libyan border force rescued last week over six hundreds
illegal migrants and transported them to Dongola, capital of North state.
The Sudanese authorities said traffickers had abandoned them in the desert
in miserable conditions.
Police authorities in Dongola said a significant number of the victims are
Eritrean and Ethiopian.
Sudanese and East African nationals used in the past to go to Israel or
apply for asylum in Western countries from Egypt.
However, Libya becomes recently a favourite destination for immigrants who
want to reach Europe by boats through the Mediterranean Sea.
Last June, Libyan guards killed a dozen migrants who had illegally crossed
the border from Sudan.
By ST, 05/05/2014
Received on Mon Jul 07 2014 - 11:45:17 EDT