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Israel begins deportation of South Sudanese migrants
Israel’s Immigration Authority began rounding up African migrants on Sunday, with eight arrests reported in Eilat and central Israel.
The Jerusalem’s District Court ruled on Thursday that Israel could deport South Sudanese nationals back to their home county.
Interior Minister Eli Yishai said that this was a first of many steps and that a great deal of work is left until his vision of a migrant-free Israel is fulfilled.
The Ministerial Committee on legislation voted to support the stiffening of penalties for Israelis found guilty of employing, harboring or transporting migrants or Palestinians illegally residing in Israel. According to the bill the maximum penalty will be raised from the current two-year jail sentence to one of five years. The bill will also sanction the imposition of a NIS 5 million fine on persons found assisting migrants. The Knesset will hold a preliminary vote on the bill this week.
Meanwhile, a protest march uniting Israelis and African migrants took place in Tel Aviv in protest of the abolition of collective protection for migrants from South Sudan, as well as, the general atmosphere in Israel towards migrants. The march started at Levinski Park in south Tel Aviv and ended at the UN High Commission for Refugees’ offices in Tel Aviv’s Hashmonaim Street.
The protesters chanted “We are refugees, we are human beings” and “Sudanese aren’t cancer.” They carried signs slogans such as “We are refugees not enemies” and “We aren’t infiltrators, we are refugees.”
The court decision on Thursday permitting the deportation of the South Sudanese nationals rejected an appeal by migrant worker NGOs against Yishai’s decision to halt Israel’s collective defense of citizens form the war-torn country.
Once the court ruling was handed down, the Immigration Authority announced that it will begin enforcing the law as it applied to the South Sudanese nationals and their employers.
More: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/isr…s-1.435523
2013-03-04 17:20:46
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