Israel Tells African Migrants, Asylum-Seekers To Leave Or Go To Jail
Almost 40,000 undocumented African migrants in Israel will soon face a grim choice: uproot their lives and leave now, or risk going to jail indefinitely.
The Israeli cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan that would see the government give $3,500 to undocumented African migrants who agree to leave before the end of March. Those who remain in Israel by that deadline would face indefinite detention.
Israel’s interior minister and public security minister described the agreement as “two options: voluntary deportation or sitting in prison.”
SOURCE HUFFPOST
