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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/18/AR2007081801236.html
Flight from Darfur Ends Violently in Egypt
[Washington Post] Ellen Knickmeyer - Israel has up to 50 African refugees crossing its border a day, according to the UN refugee agency. The Israeli government earlier this year allowed a few of the Sudanese refugees to take jobs inside Israel. But that decision may have inadvertently encouraged this summer's influx, the refugees said. Egypt regards its border with Israel a military zone, and anyone trying to cross it is considered an infiltrator. Since July, Egyptian border guards have repeatedly used lethal force on the unarmed refugees.