African migrants 'tortured in Sinai'
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http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/07/201278154219904564/.html
Eritreans, Ethiopians and Sudanese say they were abused by human traffickers
in Egyptian peninsula.
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2012 17:32
Egyptian border control officers have arrested 68 African migrants trying to
cross into Israel.
Many other migrants travelling through the Sinai region are picked up by
Bedouin gangs, who are smuggling people, drugs and weapons into the
peninsula.
Ake Mehari, a migrant from Eritrea, told Al Jazeera: "They drove us to
Sinai. They tortured me because I could not pay the money.
"Then they started beating me. I begged for mercy, but the traffickers
wouldn't listen. They just wanted the money."
Mehari and his fellow travellers were dreaming of a better future after
escaping compulsory military service in Eritrea.
They say they would never have embarked on the journey if they had known how
it would end.
Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland has this exclusive report from northern Sinai.
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