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Tony_Balony
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 Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:58 am Post subject: Israel to Turn Away Darfur Refugees |
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Israel to Turn Away Darfur Refugees
Aug 19, 6:06 AM (ET)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Sunday it would turn away refugees from the wartorn Darfur region of Sudan in an effort to stop the flow of Africans across Israel's southern border with Egypt.
Overnight, Israel expelled to Egypt about 50 Africans who had entered Israel through Egypt's Sinai desert, Israeli government spokesman David Baker said. It was not immediately clear if any of those sent back were from Darfur, he said.
"The policy of returning back anyone who enters Israel illegally will pertain to everyone, including those from Darfur," Baker said.
Israel has until now accepted about 400 refugees from the Darfur region, according to Eytan Schwartz, an advocate for Darfur refugees in Israel. Fighting between ethnic African rebels and pro-government militias in the Western Sudanese region has killed more than 200,000 people and displaced 2.5 million since February 2003.
The refugees are among 1,160 Sudanese and a total of 2,800 Africans who have entered Israel in recent years |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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QUESTION:
Does Israel EVER take ANY "refugees"?
In related news.
Darfur "Rebels" Reject New Chinese "Peacekeepers" 
By Andrew Heavens
Sat Nov 24, 11:19 AM ET
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels on Saturday demanded Beijing pull its peacekeepers out of Darfur, just hours after a unit of Chinese army engineers flew into the Sudanese region.
More than 130 Chinese engineers arrived in south Darfur's capital Nyala on Saturday to " ... pave the way ... " for a 26,000-strong United Nations/African Union force in the region, where four years of conflict have killed up to 200,000 people.
But the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said it would not allow the engineers onto land held by its forces. It accused Beijing of stoking the crisis by supporting Khartoum.
"They are not welcome ... They can never come into our area," JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim told Reuters.
"We oppose them coming because China is not interested in human rights. It is just interested in Sudan's resources. We are calling on them to quit Sudan, especially the petroleum areas."
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