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Israel moves to deport 40,000 African migrants

Date: 2017-11-21 06:33:49 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7100846

The Israeli Cabinet has voted unanimously to close the isolated Holot detention facility in the Negev Desert. Holot houses 40,000 African migrants who illegally entered Israel. The center is due to shut down in three months, and residents will ....
UN chief 'horrified' at buying and selling of African migrants in Libya

Date: 2017-11-21 06:23:25 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7100830

Expressing horror at news reports and videos showing African migrants in Libya allegedly being sold as slaves, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the authorities to urgently investigate the situation and bring the ....
UNRWA says 440,000 Palestinian refugees live in Syria

Date: 2017-11-21 06:15:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7100819

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl on Monday estimated the number of Palestinian refugees currently living in Syria to less than 440,000, including 47,000 ....
Nasr confers with Sokhna Petrochemicals Company on increasing investments in Egypt

Date: 2017-11-20 13:21:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7099675

Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr conferred on Monday with Chairman of Cairo-based Sokhna Refinery and Petrochemicals Co (SRPC) Essam Saqr on the company's plans to increase its investments in Ain al Sokhan region as ....
House speaker denies moves to privatize public sector companies

Date: 2017-11-20 12:03:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7099725

Speaker of the House of Representatives Aly Abdel Aal said Monday that public sector companies will not be privatized. "There won't be any privatization of public sector companies," Abdel Aal assured, noting that that file was shelved for good. ....