People by the thousands risk crocodile attacks, robbery, drowning and arrest to cross the Limpopo River from Zimbabwe to South Africa, part of a booming migrant economy.
Tag: Border Barriers
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Displaced Gazans Put Pressure on Egypt’s Border
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled to southern Gaza, but they cannot cross into Egypt because the border is heavily fortified and Cairo is determined to keep it closed.
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Finland Partly Reopens Its Border With Russia
The Nordic country, which recently joined NATO, has accused Moscow of funneling migrants to their shared land border.
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To Handle a Surge of Illegal Crossings, Border Officials Stop Legal Ones.
Some border communities in the U.S. and Mexico are suddenly cut off from each other after a border crossing closed to cope with large numbers of migrants.
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Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan Over a Year Ago
A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.