Africa: Time's Up for African Migrants in Israel

Thousands of Africans in Israel are on tender-hooks this week as authorities crackdown on what its Ministry of Interior calls illegal migrant workers. Still, more arrive daily. Although they come seeking a better life in the one Western democracy that's reachable by land, many now face a one-way ticket home.

Guy Josif knows his days are numbered. The former Darfur resident, who changed his name from Abdel Hamid Jousif, has etched out a living in Tel Aviv since crossing Egypt into Israel in 2008. He holds a temporary resident permit, but no secure future.

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