The Africans Risking it All on the Egyptian-Israeli Border
Motorised rickshaws wind their way through the crowded alleyways of Ard al-Lawa as street vendors call out their wares.
This poor Cairo neighbourhood is home to an increasing number of African migrants and refugees, but many do not want to stay.
In his sparsely decorated apartment, Yahya Mohamed Idris, a refugee from Darfur in Sudan, explains how he risked everything trying to move to Israel.
“I decided to go to Israel because people who went before told me the situation was much better over there,” he says.
“I left my country looking for safety and security but in Egypt I found harassment and more problems.
“Work here is difficult and they throw stones and tomatoes at me on the street. They curse at me and call me ‘the black’.”