A group of 20 Eritrean migrants has been stuck
between two fences on the Egyptian-Israeli border for six days, without
food or water — save for a small number of beverages they have been
given by Israeli soldiers — after being refused entry to the country.
Unable to enter Israel, and too scared to
return to the Sinai Peninsula, the group has been stuck between the two
security barriers that Israel is erecting along its 240-km. (150-mile)
border with Egypt. A 14-year-old boy and a woman, who is believed to be
pregnant, were among the group waiting at the border, Haaretz reported.
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| Eritrean migrants stuck at the Israeli-Egyptian border after Israel refused them entry six days ago |
The news comes in the wake of a recent government announcement
to the effect that the fence and other measures had successfully
stemmed the flow of migrants entering Israel through the Sinai.
Last month, a group of migrants was
transferred to a detention facility after being stuck between Israel and
Egypt for four days.
Meanwhile, Israel is believed to be
considering a forced repatriation of Eritrean asylum-seekers back to
their home country — a move that has been criticized by human rights
groups but is nonetheless acceptable under international law because
Israel and Eritrea have diplomatic ties. (Israel would not be allowed to
deport migrants to Sudan, for example, because Israel does not have
ties with that conflict-ridden country.)
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