Humanitarian news
EGYPT-ISRAEL: Asylum-seekers run the gauntlet in Sinai desert
TEL AVIV Tuesday, August 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Egyptian soldiers have killed 19 and arrested some 587 African asylum-seekers attempting to cross the border into Israel this year, according to a statement by an Egyptian government official to reporters in Cairo on 8 August.
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WEST AFRICA: Coastline to be submerged by 2099
ACCRA Monday, August 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Swathes of West Africa’s coastline extending from the orange dunes in Mauritania to the dense tropical forests in Cameroon will be underwater by the end of the century as a direct consequence of climate change, environmental experts warn.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Rethinking asylum
JOHANNESBURG Friday, August 15, 2008 (IRIN) - South Africa should consider temporarily declaring asylum seekers from certain Southern African countries as refugees, to keep up with the burgeoning numbers of migrants, particularly from Zimbabwe, according to a senior government official.
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DJIBOUTI: Access to food halved
NAIROBI Thursday, August 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Access to food in Djibouti has been cut by more than 50 percent because of reduced availability and rising prices, according to a humanitarian official.
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MAURITANIA: More would-be migrants fleeing post coup
DAKAR Thursday, August 14, 2008 (IRIN) - More Africans are risking transatlantic crossings to Europe after Mauritania’s military coup last week, according to Jerome Dukiya, a Catholic priest in the port town of Nouadhibou.
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ISRAEL: Eritrean asylum-seekers told to leave Tel Aviv area
TEL AVIV Monday, August 11, 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of Eritrean asylum-seekers in Israel have been told they will have to leave the greater Tel Aviv area and move to other parts of the country.
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KENYA: Availability of firearms exacerbating insecurity
NAIROBI Thursday, August 07, 2008 (IRIN) - The widespread availability of firearms in the northern regions of Kenya has exacerbated insecurity and more people are being killed during livestock raids.
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MALI: Efforts to quell illegal migration
GAO Monday, August 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Abdoulaye, a Malian, spent more than US$500 to try to reach Spain across the Sahara, but he was caught by the Spanish authorities in Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the northern coast of Morocco and sent home 21 days later.
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MALI: Abdoulaye: "I only spent three weeks there before they sent me home again...but I'm going back"
GAO Monday, August 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Abdoulaye (not his real name), 27, tried to illegally migrate from Mali to Spain a few months ago, but he was intercepted by the Spanish authorities in northern Morocco and sent home. Since then he has been living in Gao, the last big town in Mali before the Sahara crossing, trying to scrape together enough money to try again.
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Fishermen turn to trafficking as fish profits drop
BUBAQUE Tuesday, July 29, 2008 (IRIN) - As the profits to be made from fishing diminish with rising fuel costs and poor management of the sector, fishermen are increasingly turning to drug and people trafficking to boost their meager incomes, fishermen in Bissau and the Bijagos islands told IRIN.
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