Africa: The Misery of Israel's 38,000 African Asylum Seekers and the Dubious 'Third Country' Solution

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African asylum seekers living in Israel are being asked to choose between deportation or prison as authorities in that country crack down on "infiltrators". But as several asylum seekers tell KRISTEN VAN SCHIE, it's no choice at all.

Muhtar Awdalla was given a choice: Leave Israel, or go to prison.

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