Israel cancels controversial plan to deport African migrants

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse




2 APR 2018

Israel announced Monday it had reached a deal with the UN refugee agency to cancel a controversial plan to deport African migrants and replace it with a new one that will see thousands sent to Western countries.

A minimum of 16,250 migrants will be resettled in unspecified Western nations under the agreement announced in a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. Netanyahu was to speak about the plan in an address later in the afternoon.

Netanyahu in January announced the implementation of a programme to remove migrants who entered illegally, giving them a choice between leaving voluntarily or facing indefinite imprisonment with eventual forced expulsion.

According to interior ministry figures, there are currently some 42,000 African migrants in Israel, half of them children, women or men with families, who were not facing immediate deportation. They are mainly Sudanese and Eritrean.

Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/israel-cancels-controversial-plan-deport-african-migrants-doc-13l22d4

[Aristus]

1. So Bennie pulled a "Gracious! Did I do that?", huh?

Bastard.

I'm glad it was cancelled.

[Spouting1horn]

2. I hope they all come to America

We need them.

[Aristus]

3. Yes.

To Hell with the haters.

Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...

[sandensea]

4. They should deport Bibi to Africa while they're at it.

The Central African Republic seems like the kind of place for someone with his human rights record (which would embarrass even Idi Amin). Hear it's nice this time of year.

[crowman2016]

5. Israel was founded by (so-called) illegal immigrants.

So it's rather hypocritical on Bibi & his likud fascists.