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Rise in number of US Copts
Number of Egyptians granted asylum in the US doubled after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2012 00:22

After the fall of Hosni Mubarak's government last year the number of Egyptians granted asylum in the US doubled.

Many of them are minority Coptic Christians facing insecurity in their home country.

Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler reports from New York.

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