Palestinian refugees paying to flee: Reports of payments for border crossings

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People trying to get out of Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt are being forced to pay thousands of dollars to a network of so-called brokers for exit permits.

That's according to reports published by Le Monde in France.

Some Palestinians describe the practice as state-sponsored corruption and are pointing to Israel and Egypt, which control the crossing.

Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi reports.

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