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Michelle
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posted 24 August 2007 03:20 PM

Interesting.

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Israel is struggling to stem the flow of Africans entering the country via its southern border with Egypt.
Overnight, Israel handed 48 Sudanese people back to Egypt, according to Egyptian security officials.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Egypt accepted the refugees for "very pressing humanitarian reasons" but such a move "would not be repeated again".
At least 200,000 people are believed to have died and more than two million displaced in Darfur since fighting broke out in 2003 between rebels and pro-government militias.

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CMOT Dibbler
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posted 24 August 2007 07:32 PM

To be quite frank, I think they are probably better off not settling in Isreal. True, Isreal is a rich nation, and the Isreali government is more capable of supporting a large number of refugees then any other country in the region. However, the land formerly known as Palistine has become insular and corrupt, the gap between the rich and the poor is enormous and Isreali society appears to be gun happy and violent. Add to that the fact that Non Jews in Isreal have to use a seperate, poorly funded welfare state, and you have a country that really isn't suitable for desperate people who don't have a country.

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