Monday 2 April 2018

Israel Moves To Resettle African Migrants Across Europe

by Benson Agoha in Lagos, Nigeria

Some 16,250 African Migrants to Israel will be resettled instead of deporting them, according to latest report published by the Times of Israel.

According to the Israeli Newspaper, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that 'political difficulties' prevented intended deportation of the migrants to Uganda and Rwanda.

The report says the migrants will instead by resettled in western countries including Germany, Canada and Italy.

"Thousands of African migrants in Israel will be resettled in several Western countries including Canada, Germany and Italy under a new agreement reached with the UN refugee agency" Times of Israel reported today, saying the “This agreement will allow for the departure from Israel of 16,250 migrants to developed countries, such as Canada, Germany and Italy.”

The report said others will go to Scandinavian countries.




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