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African Migrants in Israel Face Return or Detention

The Israeli government has increased its grant to Africans who accept to return to their countries 'voluntarily', however, the alternative to accepting such departure can be indefinite detention (file photo).

  • Africa:   New Israeli Law Squeezes Migrants

    UNIRIN, 27 February 2014

    Israel has released figures showing that the number of African migrants choosing to accept "voluntary departure" from the country has been steadily increasing since an amendment to… Read more »

Jillian Kestler-D’Amours/IPS

Eritreans protesting in Tel Aviv. Protests by African asylum seekers in Israel are growing, in the face of increasingly tough policies by the Israelis.

  • East Africa:   Israel Deports Asylum Seekers

    Sudan Tribune, 25 February 2014

    Israel has begun deporting African asylum seekers from Sudan and Eritrea to Uganda, according to reports by an Israeli news outlet. Quoting senior government officials, Haaretz… Read more »

  • Uganda:   Come Clean On Israeli Reports

    Observer, 20 February 2014

    Persistent international press reports indicate that Israel has reached a secret understanding with Uganda to dump some of their African migrants here in return for undisclosed… Read more »

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