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Eugene

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Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:04 PM Jan 2018

Israel: African migrants told to leave or face imprisonment

Source: BBC

Israel: African migrants told to leave or face imprisonment

2 January 2018

The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment.

The migrants will be given up to $3,500 (£2,600) for leaving within the next 90 days.

They will be given the option of going to their home country or third countries.

If they do not leave, the Israeli authorities have threatened that they will start jailing them from April.

The UN refugee agency said the controversial plan violated international and Israeli laws.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42541515
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Israel: African migrants told to leave or face imprisonment (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2018 OP
Looks like this is more about maintaining Israel's racial and religious purity. procon Jan 2018 #1

procon

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1. Looks like this is more about maintaining Israel's racial and religious purity.
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 11:26 PM
Jan 2018

quoted from the article:


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that an unchecked influx of African migrants could threaten Jewish character.


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