Nearly 1,000 illegal African immigrants in Israel on Friday staged a march towards the southern border with Egypt to protest against living conditions in their internment camp, public radio reported. Israeli soldiers stopped the demonstrators, most from Eritrea and Sudan, nearly 300 metres (yards) from the border, it added. Holot houses some 2,300 immigrants. The demonstrators were demanding to be able to leave Israel, and called on the UN refugee agency and the international community to take charge of their cases so they can immigrate to a third country.
07-04-2014, 08:34 AM
African immigrants in Israel protest near Egypt border
Nearly 1,000 illegal African immigrants in Israel on Friday staged a march towards the southern border with Egypt to protest against living conditions in their internment camp, public radio reported. Israeli soldiers stopped the demonstrators, most from Eritrea and Sudan, nearly 300 metres (yards) from the border, it added. Holot houses some 2,300 immigrants. The demonstrators were demanding to be able to leave Israel, and called on the UN refugee agency and the international community to take charge of their cases so they can immigrate to a third country.
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