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November 13, 2011. Tracks of recent passage along an improvised route through the Ḥalutza Sands toward the Egyptian border. This section of the border zone between the Negev and Egyptian Sinai, on the former Palestinian village of Naba‛āt, of the Tarabīn tribe, is more than 20 kilometers away from the nearest town and several kilometers away from the border. The area is one of the most frequently used clandestine routes for migrants seeking asylum from war and famine in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly Eritrea and Darfur. In 2013, a fence was built along the entire length of the border to block asylum-seekers from entering Israel.