http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.686144
15 Sudanese Migrants Shot to Death by Egyptian Police While Trying to Cross to Israel
Officials say migrants ignored warning shots and sprinted toward the fence; another eight people were wounded.
The Associated Press Nov 15, 2015 2:39 PM
Egyptian officials in the Sinai Peninsula say police killed 15 Sudanese migrants and wounded another eight who were trying to jump the border fence into Israel.
The officials say police opened fire on the migrants Sunday after they ignored warning shots and sprinted toward the fence. The security forces arrested another eight Sudanese migrants who were not wounded.
Israel's Interior Ministry says more than 45,000 African migrants and asylum seekers are in Israel. Many say they are fleeing conflict and persecution and are seeking refugee status. Israel says they are economic migrants whose swelling numbers threaten the country's Jewish character.
All Egyptian officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.
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Egypt police find 15 dead African refugees near Israel
Police in Egypt have discovered the bodies of 15 African asylum seekers in the restive area of northern Sinai Peninsula near Israel, sources say.
The African refugees were apparently shot dead in an attack, security sources said on Sunday, adding that eight others have been injured.
Ambulances were sent to the site of the assault south of the town of Rafah on the border between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip.
No further details have been so far made available about the perpetrators of the attack or the nationality of the African asylum seekers.
African refugees have long been mistreated in Israel, which has pressed them to go back home or face indefinite imprisonment.
The Israeli regime’s strict policy towards asylum seekers includes building a fence along the Egyptian border, denying illegal migrants work permits and holding them in a detention center in the desert.
A report by The Washington Post said in May that Israel has spent more than USD 350 million to build a fence along the entire border with Egypt to block the entry of Africans, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea.
The Tel Aviv regime defends its tough crackdown on refugees as fair, saying the new policy is designed to help those who have been denied asylum or have not applied for asylum to go back home or to a third country.
About 2,000 Africans mainly from Eritrea and Sudan are held captive at Israeli detention facilities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Egyptian military has, meanwhile, been engaged in operations to quell acts of terrorism and militancy in the Sinai Peninsula. It views the volatile region as a sanctuary for terrorists.
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