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04 January 2006

Will the Egyptian authorities get away with their massacre against the refugees?

Egypt is still lying about the cause of death of refugees and claims it was due to a stampede as we reported here


Egypt to Deport Sudanese Asylum-Seekers
By VOA News

Egypt says it plans to deport some 650 Sudanese asylum-seekers dispersed by police from a make-shift camp in downtown Cairo last week.

A foreign ministry spokeswoman, Fatma el-Zahraa Etman, said that those set for deportation on Thursday were found to be illegal immigrants or had broken Egyptian law.

The Sudanese migrants were among a group of about 1,000 who clashed with police last week. Twenty-seven people were killed in the violence. Egyptian officials said the deaths were caused by a stampede, but witnesses said police beat the Sudanese

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