No easy way out for African migrants in Israeli desert detention


  • World
  • Friday, 14 Feb 2014

African migrants stand on their balconies at an apartment block in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

HOLOT, Israel (Reuters) - A compound of one-storey buildings deep in the southern Israeli desert is now home to some 400 African migrants who face the prospect of being held in custody indefinitely.

The detainees in what the authorities call an "open" detention centre are allowed to leave for a few hours each day, but given its remote location near the Egyptian frontier, travel is impractical.

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