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Syrian refugees no longer welcome in Egypt | Middle East | DW.DE | 19.10.2013 - 0 views

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Challenges Perceptions howtheygetin

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  • An anti-Islamist atmosphere in Egypt has led to daily harassment, arbitrary detentions, deportation and even deaths.
  • A desperate trip: By boat, Alexandria is roughly 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from Italy In mid-September, when roughly 200 refugees attempted to flee conditions in Egypt by setting sail from the coastal city of Alexandria toward Italy, they didn't make it far. According to eyewitnesses quoted in Amnesty International's report, an Egyptian navy ship stopped the boat and fired upon it, killing two. The others on board were taken into custody.
  • police in Alexandria arrested 70 refugees in an Alexandria café
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  • their release was ordered by [Egypt's] prosecution
  • there have been two incidences that have been reported where two groups of up to 71 people [in total] have been forced to go back to Damascus
  • many Egyptians want the Syrian arrivals out of their country as well
  • Syrian refugees are considered default supporters of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the political party of former President Mohammed Morsi
  • "The environmental was favorable. It was welcoming," the UNHCR's Leposky said. "And also the cost of living in Egypt was considerably less than some of the other countries they had been residing in."
  • 'We cannot live here anymore'
  • "We're ready to live in any country where we can settle safely," she said. "We cannot live here anymore."
  • Many tried to enter Egypt by sea, Ali said, adding that the rationale behind the recent move could be an attempt to put pressure on Syrians and to force them to sign deportation papers.
  • mohamedomarsiam on 31 Oct 13
     
    Again here are some of the challenges that the syrians face
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UNFPA Egypt - Migration - 0 views

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shared by mohamedomarsiam on 30 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • The latest report issued, stated that Egypt is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. It is placed in the 2009 United States TVPA Report as a Tier 2 Watch List Country because absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking has been significantly increasing over the last year.
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      mohamedomarsiam on 30 Oct 13
       
      This could mean that most refugees are smuggled into the country through unofficial means. 
  • mohamedomarsiam on 31 Oct 13
     
    How syrians get into the country.
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