South Sudan: Israel to Airlift Migrants

Publisher:
Al Jazeera English
Publication Date:
17 June 2012
Tags:
South Sudan, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Middle East and Africa, Migration

In the next hour 120 South Sudanese migrants in Israel will be flown home, in an effort by the Israeli government to eject around 4,500 illegal African migrants. Some of the migrants are leaving voluntarily. Officials say it will be the first of many deportations.

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