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Picture belonging to the same article: © Oren Ziv/Activestills.org - Thousands of African asylum seekers leave Holot detention
center, June 25, 2014
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Thousands of asylum seekers streamed out of Holot detention center in Israel’s south on Friday, with no intention to return. The walk-out is the latest in a series of actions by the prisoners to bring attention to their plight.
The asylum seekers attempted to march to the border with Egypt, where they hoped to camp out and bring international attention to their struggle, but were stopped by the Israeli army before reaching the demilitarized area.
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