"The Egyptian government has announced plans to deport over 600 Sudanese migrants, just days after police
killed close to 30 unarmed Sudanese on Friday. The killings occurred outside United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in Cairo, where the Sudanese had gathered to protest the UN's decision to deny them refugee status. After failing to disperse them with water cannons, police stormed the crowd with clubs and metal sticks.
Close to 30 people -- most of them children, elderly, and women - were killed. Another
2,000 people were arrested. Sudanese refugees have waged a bitter three-month protest,
alleging racism and mistreatment in Egypt. While many have been granted permission to stay in Egypt, the
Sudanese are demanding the UN grant them refugee status so they may emigrate to other countries."
"The Egyptian government has announced plans to deport over 600 Sudanese migrants, just days after police killed close to 30 unarmed Sudanese on Friday. The killings occurred outside United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in Cairo, where the Sudanese had gathered to protest the UN's decision to deny them refugee status. After failing to disperse them with water cannons, police stormed the crowd with clubs and metal sticks. Close to 30 people -- most of them children, elderly, and women - were killed. Another 2,000 people were arrested. Sudanese refugees have waged a bitter three-month protest, alleging racism and mistreatment in Egypt. While many have been granted permission to stay in Egypt, the Sudanese are demanding the UN grant them refugee status so they may emigrate to other countries."
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