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| October 24, 2017
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Netanyahu signs deal allowing Israel to forcibly deport illegal migrants back to Africa

With the new agreements PM Netanyahu received from African leaders he met in the US, a past High Court ruling that restricted state policy on holding, deporting illegal migrants is no longer applicable, so migrants can now be deported to Africa from Israel forcibly.

By Akiva Bigman

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a series of diplomatic agreements that will allow the state to circumvent a recent High Court of Justice ruling and allow for the continued deportation of illegal infiltrators, Israel Hayom has learned.

Netanyahu took advantage of his recent trip to New York, where he delivered an address to the U.N. Continue Reading »

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| November 16, 2015
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Bodies of 15 African Migrants Discovered Near Israel’s Border By Egyptian Police

 

In attempting to come to the Jewish State through Egypt’s Sinai desert, 15 African migrants were shot dead near Israel’s border by unknown assailants.

By i24news

 

The bodies of 15 African migrants were found Sunday by Egyptian police near the country’s border with Israel, according to security sources. Another eight migrants were reportedly found injured.

The border fence along Israel’s border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat – Photo: AFP

“Fifteen bodies of Africans shot dead were found at dawn on Sunday south of (the town of) Rafah,” said Tariq Khatir, a representative of the health ministry in North Sinai. Continue Reading »

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| June 29, 2015
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Jerusalem approves extending Israel’s border fence onto its Jordanian border

The Jewish State’s fortified fence along Egypt’s border to be expanded as gov’t fears armed militants and/or illegal immigrants may exploit the porous border.

By Reuters, Itamar Eichner

 

>Israel’s security cabinet has approved extending the fortified fence along its Egyptian border into a section of the frontier with neighboring Jordan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.

The then-new fence bordering Egypt seen in 2012 (Photo: Roee Idan)The security fence bordering Egypt seen in 2012 – Photo: Roee Idan
Jordan and Israel closely coordinate security for their 240 km (150 mile)-long border as well as for the strategic 95 km (60 mile)-long Jordan Valley within the West Bank.


But the Netanyahu government worries that African immigrants and armed jihadi infiltrators might try to reach Israel via Jordan after the Egyptian Sinai border was fenced off with a 5 meter (16 foot)-high razor-wire barrier in 2013. Continue Reading »

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| February 27, 2014
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African asylum seekers leaving Israel break records each month

 

With a $3,500 Israeli gov’t grant in their pockets, about 1,705 illegal African migrants left this past month, mostly back to their country of origin.

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A record 1,705 African asylum seekers left Israel in February, Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced Thursday. He also predicted that the wave of departures would continue in the coming months.

Thousands of African asylum seekers stage protest

Thousands of African asylum seekers during their recent protest – Photo: AFP

“This figure for the last month surprises me for the better,” Sa’ar said at a conference of Population and Immigration Authority directors in Ashkelon. “If the trend we identify continues, and I’ve been informed that it will continue into March, there will be a departure of enormous proportions from Israel this year.

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| January 30, 2014
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773 ‘asylum seekers’ left Israel in January for cash payment

 

Israel’s Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar reports a dramatic rise in the number of migrant ‘asylum seekers’ who preferred to accept the gov’t offer, and left Israel for the cash payment.

By Omri Efraim

More than 700 asylum seekers left Israel under the “voluntary emigration” program in January, said Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Wednesday during a visit to the Holot detention center.

Human rights organizations criticize the government program claiming it is not “voluntary emigration” when the only other alternative to staying in Israel is incarceration.

The January figure of 773 asylum seekers who exited the country is substantially higher than the overall numbers from the fourth quarter of 2013. Continue Reading »

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| December 27, 2013
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Israel Police to Open New Tel Aviv Unit to Deal with African Infiltrators

 

520 new municipal police jobs to be established, including a new Police unit for illegal migrant crime in south Tel Aviv.

Public Security Ministry: Municipal police forces have led to a decrease in crime & a greater sense of personal safety.

By Itzik Saban

 

The Finance Ministry announced Wednesday that a new municipal police unit of 50 inspectors and 50 police officers will be established to focus on illegal migrant crime in south Tel Aviv.

llegal migrants in south Tel Aviv, where a new police unit will fight crime – Photo: Yehoshua Yosef

The unit will be established as part of a new security budget allotment by the Finance Ministry.

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| November 25, 2013
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Gov’t document before Cabinet: Illegal infiltrators are a threat to society’s resilience

PM Netanyahu: We will remove tens of thousands of illegal migrants to preserve the state’s Jewish & democratic character & restore safety to Israeli citizens.

The incentives offered to illegal migrants to leave the country will be raised from $1,500 to $3,500.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

Sunday’s cabinet meeting saw the approval of a document outlining a plan that places limitations on illegal African migrants to Israel, designed to encourage them to leave the country. The document listed several problems caused by the recent influx of migrants, chief among them the concern for the safety of Israeli citizens.

African migrants in southern Tel Aviv – Photo: Gideon Markowicz

The document reads: “The multitude of infiltrators from Africa carries various negative implications: damage to the fabric of Israeli society, harm to the personal security of the country’s citizens, a rise in crime in areas with a high concentration of illegal infiltrators, damage to the job market, a reduction in available government resources, particularly a strain on the health, education and welfare systems, and a growing threat to the country’s societal resilience as well as a security risk.”

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| December 25, 2012
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Netanyahu Vows to Return Illegal African Infiltrators Back Home

Now that infiltration of illegal African immigrants is down to almost zero, Netanyahu vows to apprehend & return home those who’ve already entered illegally.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Infiltration of illegal African immigrants is down to almost zero, and Netanyahu vows to send back home those who already have entered Israel.

The long-absent fence along the Egyptian Israeli border from Eilat to Gaza is to be completed by the end of next month, and Arutz Sheva has learned from military sources that Africans finally have understood that they have little chance of illegally crossing the border and entering the country, let alone staying here. Continue Reading »

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