Published: 5 February 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Israel begins handing out deportation notices to African migrants (Times of Israel)
Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority on Sunday began serving deportation notices to Eritrean and Sudanese migrants and asylum seekers, telling them that they would be sent to an unnamed African country that enjoys a relatively “stable government.”
Israel has refused to publicly divulge which African countries have agreed to absorb the migrants from Africa, though media reports and some Israeli officials have indicated that Uganda and Rwanda are the destination countries.
25 legal experts write Attorney General to decry migrant expulsion policy (Ynet)
Some of Israel's preeminent experts on international law write to AG Mandelblit to criticise Israel's new deportation policy, saying expulsion protocol violates international laws on human rights, refugees and the principle of non-refoulement
Soros rejects Netanyahu's 'false claim' that he is funding campaign against Israel's plan to deport asylum seekers (Haaretz)
George Soros adds that it's 'wrong' to send migrants to countries 'where they might be persecuted or killed'
Asylum seekers sent to Rwanda warn: 'If you don’t want to die, stay in Israel' (972)
Israeli officials often imply that African asylum seekers sent to Rwanda will receive legal status and the ability to build a life there. Testimonies collected in a new report paint an entirely different — and much grimmer — picture
Photo: Asylum seeker holding up a deportation notice on February 4 (Meged Gozani)
