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9/23/2023 9:28:47 PM
What does crossing the border between life and death and East and West have in common? This is essentially the question that Mehetab Allam tackles in her recently passed PhD thesis, which he dedicates to the issue of crossing obscure borders as portrayed in the works of novelist Mohamed Baraka.
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World
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International
9/14/2023 9:47:02 PM
The EU's border agency said Thursday over 114,000 irregular migrant crossings across the Mediterranean to Italy were detected between January and August, double the number in the same period in 2022.
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World
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Region
9/10/2023 3:21:39 PM
Gaza Strip exports resumed Sunday as Israel reopened a trade crossing, a Palestinian official said, days after it was shut over an alleged attempt to smuggle explosives from the Israeli-besieged coastal enclave.
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World
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Region
9/7/2023 5:18:24 PM
The Lebanese army said Thursday it had prevented the entry of around 1,200 Syrians this week, at a time both countries are beset by painful economic woes.
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Region
9/7/2023 5:13:13 PM
Over a thousand Syrian refugees each week fleeing to Lebanon from their country’s worsening economic and financial conditions “could create harsh imbalances” in the small Mediterranean nation, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned Thursday.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/25/2023 6:48:34 PM
Late in July, an elderly and fatigued Egyptian truck driver went live on his social media account to urge Egyptian officials to make an unanticipated visit to the land border crossings connecting Egypt and Sudan.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/21/2023 1:42:25 PM
Sudanese authorities' slow customs clearance procedures have caused congestion at Egypt-Sudan border crossings, resulting in a long line-up of trucks, Egypt's Ministry of Transport said in a statement on Sunday.
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World
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Region
8/9/2023 10:34:18 AM
The United Nations said Tuesday it secured a green light to keep sending aid into earthquake-hit Syrian rebel zones, with two border crossings renewed and talks underway on a third blocked since last month.
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World
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International
7/28/2023 4:41:32 PM
The UK government is planning to house migrants in tents to help deal with any surge in small boats crossing the Channel in the coming months, British media reported Friday.
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World
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International
7/25/2023 11:22:33 AM
The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over a newly installed floating barrier on the Rio Grande that is the Republican’s latest aggressive tactic to try to stop migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.
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World
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Region
7/15/2023 9:50:08 AM
The United Nations is concerned about "unacceptable conditions" set by Damascus for allowing aid to flow through its Bab al-Hawa crossing to rebel-held areas in northwest Syria, according to a document reviewed Friday by AFP.
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World
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International
7/14/2023 3:30:38 PM
Some 289 children are known to have died in the first half of 2023 while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, the United Nations said Friday.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/10/2023 11:02:29 PM
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced Monday that the increase rate in the number of yachts crossing the canal hit 64 percent in the first half of 2023.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/25/2023 9:20:52 AM
British police said Saturday they had charged an Egyptian man accused of masterminding the smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Europe, following an international investigation.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/22/2023 9:59:13 PM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged Egyptian citizens who are still in Sudan and are looking to evacuate the country to return home to use the Arqeen and Qustul border crossings to do so.
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World
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International
6/7/2023 6:56:45 PM
Greek officials have launched a series of high-level contacts with the newly elected government in Turkey in an effort to counter a surge in attempted crossings by migrants over a river that divides the two countries.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/29/2023 2:01:46 PM
After fighting broke out in Sudan in mid-April, Egypt promptly mobilized to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people fleeing the violence.
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World
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International
5/13/2023 12:00:53 PM
The U.S. turned the page on pandemic-era immigration restrictions with relative calm at its border with Mexico as migrants adapted to strict new rules aimed at discouraging illegal crossings and awaited the promise of new legal pathways for entering the country.
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World
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Region
5/12/2023 4:23:44 PM
Amnesty International on Friday called on the United Nations to keep delivering crucial aid to quake-stricken Syrians via two crossings in rebel-held areas even if authorisation from Damascus expires.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/8/2023 10:04:00 PM
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and other UN humanitarian agencies visited the Egyptian-Sudanese Qustul border crossing on Monday to meet with those who have recently fled to Egypt from Sudan due to the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces.
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