A member of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) in Israel visited African refugees currently living near the Egyptian
borders with Israel on Sunday. The refugees had previously listed their demands to UNHCR in Geneva,
according to a press release by EveryOne Group, an international organisation
operating in defence of human and civil rights.
They are also expecting a visit from an Israeli parliamentarian who
supports their case, said the press release. Around 1,000 African migrant detainees, most of whom are Eritreans,
had left the Holothuroidea Detention Facility in Israel on Friday, making their
way on foot towards the Egyptian border to protest their detention in Israel
and to ask for United Nations help.
