Pambazuka News

Global: Africans lost in 'The Promised Land'

2008-04-18

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/47454

The young man who agreed to be called Hamed has come a long way to do nothing. The Ivoirian would prefer to work but, after sneaking into Israel from Egypt about a month ago, he's got nothing better to do than sit in a park everyday in central Tel Aviv, wait, and hope for a government decision on his refugee application.