Source: Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat
Country: Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, South Sudan (Republic of)
Egypt
Towards Egypt:
Israel reported that 36 iregular migrants had been intercepted trying to enter Israel from its southern border with Egypt in 2013 in comparison to over 10,000 intercepted in 2012, 17,000 in 2011 and nearly 15,000 in 2010. Mass migrant/asylum seeker protests were reported in December 2013 and January 2014 bemoaning a 1 year detention law and agitating for the adjudication of asylum and protection claims by migrants/asylum seekers.