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Posted by tigerlily_misr (Member # 3567) on :

13 May 2011 Last updated at 10:32 GMT

Eritreans have been trying to cross from Egypt to Israel in large numbers

Up to 400 people, mainly Eritreans, are being held for ransom by people-traffickers in Egypt's Sinai desert, a Catholic priest has told the BBC....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13388039

Posted by tigerlily_misr (Member # 3567) on :

EGYPT/ISREAL: Tortured for ransom in the Sinai desert

CAIRO/TEL AVIV, 7 June 2011 (IRIN) - GA had looked forward to leaving Eritrea with her husband and living a better life in Israel, until they found themselves kidnapped for money by local Bedouins in Egypt’s Sinai desert....

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=92921