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Agnes Sgmons 25 refugees from south Sudan walking in the detention center next to tent that she sharing with other five woman and there children in the detention center in Qeziot, Israel..Monday November 12. 2007....Kalamin Charles Goda and Agnes Sgmons are a young couple that escaped the conflict in south Sudan region and sought refuge in Egypt in 2006...While the couple waited to have their refugee status processed, they struggled in Cairo. They received no financial assistance and were unable to work. Without a work permit, Agnes brought in about 300 Egyptian pounds a month (about $54). Desperate, the couple risked another dangerous move ? slipping across the border to Israel in the hopes they would gain their refugee status there and either stay and work in Israel or be relocated to the U.S...With the help of a Bedouin smuggler, the couple crossed the Sinai desert. Close to the border, they encountered Egyptian troops, who they say shot at them. Under fire, they ran for the Israeli border, having been told Israeli troops would protect them...Once in Israel, the couples were captured by an Israeli army patrol, who deposited them at a detention center in Qeziot, in southern Israel. Given hot food and clothing, Kalamin and Agnes were both interviewed by the UN, but were lodged in separate camps for men and women for several weeks before they saw each other again...During that time, doctors at a hospital in the Israeli city of Beer Sheva told Agnes she was four months pregnant. Kalamin had been given the news, but had not seen his wife for two weeks, since they arrived at the camp. Before leaving to meet her, he grabs a spare blanket, the only gift he can come up with to bring her...
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Agnes Sgmons 25 refugees from south Sudan walking in the detention center next to tent that she sharing with other five woman and there children in the detention center in Qeziot, Israel..Monday November 12. 2007....Kalamin Charles Goda and Agnes Sgmons are a young couple that escaped the conflict in south Sudan region and sought refuge in Egypt in 2006...While the couple waited to have their refugee status processed, they struggled in Cairo. They received no financial assistance and were unable to work. Without a work permit, Agnes brought in about 300 Egyptian pounds a month (about $54). Desperate, the couple risked another dangerous move ? slipping across the border to Israel in the hopes they would gain their refugee status there and either stay and work in Israel or be relocated to the U.S...With the help of a Bedouin smuggler, the couple crossed the Sinai desert. Close to the border, they encountered Egyptian troops, who they say shot at them. Under fire, they ran for the Israeli border, having been told Israeli troops would protect them...Once in Israel, the couples were captured by an Israeli army patrol, who deposited them at a detention center in Qeziot, in southern Israel. Given hot food and clothing, Kalamin and Agnes were both interviewed by the UN, but were lodged in separate camps for men and women for several weeks before they saw each other again...During that time, doctors at a hospital in the Israeli city of Beer Sheva told Agnes she was four months pregnant. Kalamin had been given the news, but had not seen his wife for two weeks, since they arrived at the camp. Before leaving to meet her, he grabs a spare blanket, the only gift he can come up with to bring her...