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Israel approves proposal to deport African asylum-seekers

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Published: 23 November 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

As Netanyahu says the government is ready to send detainees to Rwanda, Labor leader Gabbay changes track and supports the move

Israel approves plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda or jail, close detention centre (Haaretz)
Netanyahu says that after removing 20,000 'infiltrators' from Israel, it was time for the next stage, which he described as 'increased removal'

Reports of forced deportation to Rwanda rattles African asylum-seekers (Jerusalem Post)
‘I am not a criminal – I am a mother trying to protect her children and give them a good life,’ sys Sudanese refugee

In backtrack, Israeli opposition party now supports deportation of asylum-seekers (Haaretz)
New Labor party chairman Avi Gabbay supported the bill along with nine other party members, reversing its previously overwhelming opposition to expulsion of asylum-seekers

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