Traffickers throw dead migrant from car

Human traffickers in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Monday threw the dead body of an African migrant from a car, Ma'an's correspondent said. Egyptian security officials witnessed the event, which took place in El-Arish, Ma'an's reporter said. The body was taken to a nearby hospital for an autopsy. The circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear. In 2010, some 14,735 illegal immigrants, mostly Eritreans, crossed the border into Israel. In 2011, official statistics showed that by early November, 12,407 migrants had entered Israel, with 950 crossing the border in the first six days of November. On Jan. 10, 2012, Israel tightened legislation to stop people crossing its porous Sinai Desert border from Egypt, threatening migrants with unlimited detention. The move, which raised the maximum detention from 60 days, drew sharp criticism from refugee groups and activists, who said the "immoral" decision would hit refugees fleeing conflict.