Israel Returns Darfur Refugees

    • The move angered many Israeli lawmakers and human rights advocates because of reports that some Sudanese refugees are being killed or mistreated by authorities in Egypt.
    • According to Israel's Haaretz newspaper, the refugees were arrested Friday evening as they tried to cross from Egypt into Israel. They were held at a military base in southern Israel before being driven back to Egypt on Sunday.
  • Jerusalem, August 19, 2007: Israel rejected 50 Africans -- most of them reportedly from Sudan's Darfur region -- who had entered the country from Egypt.

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