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- ↑ Whitaker, Brian.”20 killed as Egyptian police evict Sudanese protesters.” The Guardian (December, 2005). Web. 24 Apr. 2016.
- ↑ Sabar, Galia and Tsurkov, Elizabeth. “Israel’s Policies toward Asylum-Seekers: 2002-2014.” Istituto Affari Internazionali, IAI working paper 15 (2015).Print.
- ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : The Massacre of Sudanese Refugees in Cairo. YouTube .
- ↑ Sabar, Galia and Tsurkov, Elizabeth. “Israel’s Policies toward Asylum-Seekers: 2002-2014.” Istituto Affari Internazionali, IAI working paper 15 (2015).Print.