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Sudanese refugees in Ketziot prison in October last year (Alberto Dankberg)
Last update - 00:00 15/02/2008
123 Sudanese refugees infilrate Israel from Egypt overnight
By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Egypt, Sudanese refugees 

123 Sudanese refugees infiltrated Israel early Friday morning through the border with Egypt, on the outskirts of the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson told Haaretz that the refugees entered Israel in small groups, at different locations along the border.

Haim Yellin, head of Eshkol Regional Council, expressed his anxiety about the ease with which people are able to cross the border into Israel.
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"The border with Egypt is porous and invites into Israel people who are undesirable," he said.

2,810 asylum seekers have crossed the border over the last four months from Egypt into Israel. Israel Prisons Service's Keztiot detention facility currently accommodates 800 of them.

Elisheva Milikovsky, who has volunteered to work with the Sudanese refugees, told Haaretz recently that there are some 2,600 asylum seekers residing in the Tel Aviv area, of which hundreds live in shelters, and some 6,000 nationwide.

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      1.   Dont let them stay!Israel is not for Sudanese 13:55  |  Alan 15/02/08
      2.   discrimination! 14:22  |  Leon Rosgarten 15/02/08
      3.   I often wonder how many die in the desert. Poor souls. 14:45  |  Stephen. 15/02/08
      4.   So how is Israel treating refugees running from genocide? 15:31  |  Mark B. 15/02/08
      5.   Israel is a HORRIBLE PLACE 15:40  |  * BEN JABO 15/02/08
      6.   Send them back to Egypt 15:42  |  Ron 15/02/08
      7.   Killed by an Egyptian 16:04  |  Ken 15/02/08
      8.   So much for security. 16:08  |  Deborah 15/02/08
      9.   #1 Mark B - And what is the Netherlands doing? 17:15  |  Yonatan 15/02/08
      10.   Israel ONLY country doing anything 17:48  |  Ari 15/02/08
      11.   Mark B. and refugees 19:24  |  Fay 15/02/08
      12.   Where are the Israel-haters now when Israel gives 19:50  |  Marwan مروان خوري 15/02/08
      13.   is the un contributing to their cost? forgot they are black 21:09  |  ralph 15/02/08
      14.   Israel has Moral Responsibility - With Limits 21:45  |  Natan Or 15/02/08
      15.   People easily go in! Don`t blame Egypt for Weapons! 21:53  |  Sharif Hafez 15/02/08
      16.   Let People Seeking Freedom And Liberty Live On Israel Borders 22:00  |  Joseph . E 15/02/08
      17.   Help Them To Help Themselves Regain Control of Their Country 22:47  |  Joseph . E 15/02/08
      18.   Send them back! 00:39  |  Ajay Kaur 16/02/08
      19.   Yonathan, good answer rman 00:43  |  Mark B. 16/02/08
      20.   build them a kibbutz 01:02  |  Dan 16/02/08
      21.   #Ben Jabo. 01:18  |  Maureen Ann 16/02/08
      22.   Mark B. of Amsterdam 01:31  |  akiva (zionist) 16/02/08
      23.   What this story tells us 02:36  |  Mark Lincoln 16/02/08
      24.   yonatan 03:23  |  Jim 16/02/08
      25.   Joseph E 03:25  |  Jim 16/02/08
      26.   STAY OUT! 03:26  |  Conroy 16/02/08
      27.   #15 Dan - Do it with your money, not mine 03:34  |  * BEN JABO 16/02/08
      28.   selfish 03:36  |  Joe 16/02/08
      29.   They must be helped 04:51  |  Free Gilad Shalit 16/02/08
      30.   # 21 Joe 04:55  |  Joseph . E 16/02/08
      31.   Plenty of room for russians but no room for blacks 07:05  |  matt 16/02/08
      32.   AFRICANS LOVE ISRAEL 11:02  |  ALEX KIMWATAN 16/02/08
      33.   blaming Egypt 14:30  |  leila 16/02/08
      34.   Darfur 17:08  |  Barry 16/02/08
      35.   #28 Joe LA/NY 18:46  |  * BEN JABO 16/02/08
      36.   NOT A SINGLE ETHIOPIAN IS JEW!!! 19:22  |  Tom 16/02/08
      37.   #31 Matt-Az 21:24  |  * BEN JABO 16/02/08
      38.   Tom #36 Stop talking a load of rubbish 23:41  |  Avi 16/02/08
      39.   Jews come in all shades 03:05  |  E 17/02/08
      40.   # 36 Tom, you are right and they have crosses on 05:47  |  their foreheads 17/02/08
      41.   #Maureen Anne that was just a little sideline to his trip 10:33  |  Zelkha 17/02/08
      42.   I don`t like the word "infiltrate" 11:44  |  Eleni 17/02/08
      43.   Tom #36 - Ethiopian Jews are my brothers! 19:48  |  Moises 17/02/08
      44.   You can help the refugees, click here! 19:55  |  Moises 17/02/08
      45.   #42 2ND TRY Eleni, well if don`t like infiltrate 01:26  |  * BEN JABO 18/02/08
      46.   They are Black Sudanese and probably don`t like Arabs 03:26  |  X 10/03/08
      47.   Support Southern Sudan`s Independence in 2009 03:29  |  We 10/03/08
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