Egyptian border guards on Sunday arrested 25 illegal immigrants who were trying to cross into Israel via the Egyptian border in central Sinai, the official MENA news agency reported. The group of Eritreans, including five women, confessed that some people had promised to help them sneak into Israel in return for money. Egypt's eastern border in the Sinai peninsula is the scene of frequent attempts by illegal immigrants of different nationalities to cross into Israel for work or smuggling, Xinhua reported.
