HOLOT DETENTION FACILITY, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of African migrants gathered in Israel’s Negev desert Friday to eat matzo and recall the Passover story, mere steps away from a detention facility where they are being held.

The symbolic Passover seder, a festive meal to be held by Jews around the world Monday night, was organized to draw attention to the plight of Israel’s migrants, who themselves fled persecution and conflict, yet face detention under the country’s infiltrators law.

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