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Border troops thwarts attempt by 196 persons to enter country via western borders
Border troops thwarts attempt by 196 persons to enter country
Egypt Independent 23 Apr 2013
Military Spokesperson Ahmed said border troops foiled attempts at "infiltration" at the western military...
Dozens of African migrants cross into southern Israel through the border with Egypt.
Five migrants arrested in Sinai
MENA 26 Dec 2012
Central Security Forces arrested five migrants in Central Sinai, allegedly en route to cross illegally into Israel. The...
At a vigil in Beirut for migrant domestic workers who are often victims of abuse.
Lebanon must punish army attacks on Egyptian and Syrian migrants: HRW
AFP 10 Oct 2012
Lebanon should probe and punish army and intelligence officials behind alleged beatings of Egyptian, Sudanese and...
Three bodies were recovered and five people plucked alive from the Mediterranean after a boat capsized.
Dozens feared drowned off Egypt-Libya coast
AFP 27 Aug 2012
  Egypt on Monday launched search and rescue operations with the help of Libyan coastal authorities after dozens...
Egyptian border guards shoot 3 migrants in Sinai
Al-Masry Al-Youm 02 Aug 2012
Egyptian border guards shot three Eritreans who were attempting to cross into Israel on Thursday, according to state-...
Dozens of African migrants cross into southern Israel through the border with Egypt.
40 undocumented migrants arrested in Sinai
Al-Masry Al-Youm 20 Jul 2012
Egyptian security forces prevented 40 undocumented Eritrean migrants from entering Israel. The migrants were arrested...
A Carabinieri police officer walks past migrants as they wait to board a ship towards Porto Empedocle, in Sicily, where they will be taken for document checks, in Lampedusa, Italy.
Sinai security arrests 10 migrants attempting to enter Israel
DPA 02 Jul 2012
Security forces arrested 10 undocumented migrants who attempted to enter Israel through the Egyptian border early...
A boat full of immigrants prepares to dock in the port of the Italian island of Lampedusa early, February 21, 2011. The past week has seen a sharp spike in migrants attempting to make it into the EU from Tunisia, with some 5,000 brought to Lampedusa after being intercepted by coastguards. The wave of immigration comes around a month after a revolution in Tunisia and another just over a week in Egypt that unseated their decades-old regimes, heightening social and economic tensions in the North African countries.
Italy deports 55 undocumented migrants to Egypt
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Jun 2012
Italy deported 55 undocumented Egyptian migrants who were arrested on the Italian coast last week to Egypt on Friday....
A boat full of immigrants prepares to dock in the port of the Italian island of Lampedusa early, February 21, 2011. The past week has seen a sharp spike in migrants attempting to make it into the EU from Tunisia, with some 5,000 brought to Lampedusa after being intercepted by coastguards. The wave of immigration comes around a month after a revolution in Tunisia and another just over a week in Egypt that unseated their decades-old regimes, heightening social and economic tensions in the North African countries.
11 migrants arrested while attempting to enter Libya
MENA 19 Jun 2012
Border guards at the western military region arrested 11 people trying to enter Libya illegally through a desert...
Egypt arrests 70 illegal migrants near Libyan border
MENA 11 Jun 2012
Egyptian border guards arrested 70 people on Monday who were attempting to sneak into Egypt from Libya over the desert...