 Complete the following phrase:  The barrier was originally planned in response to high levels of illegal migrants, mainly from Eritrea and Sudan, who successfully entered Israel across the border, usually smuggled by Bedouin traffickers. Tens of thousands of people attempted to cross from Egypts Sinai peninsula into Israel every year, predomitly economic migrants. During Hosni Mubaraks regime, Egyptian border guards sometimes shot African migrants trying to enter Israel illegally. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the barrier is meant to secure Israels Jewish and democratic character. The 2011 Egyptian revolution, the demise of Mubaraks regime, increased lawlessness and rising insurgency in the Sinai, as well as the 