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**** Israel's top court orders 207 African migrants to be released from jail
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African migrants leaving prison on Sunday, after being freed by Israel's Supreme Court (Times of Israel)
Israel's Interior Ministry on Sunday released 207 African migrants
from Saharonim prison in southern Israel, by order of Israel's Supreme
Count. The migrants were mostly from Eritrea and Sudan. According to
the government, they were "infiltrators," or "illegal immigrants."
Israel's government had wanted to deport them to another country, but
were unable to reach any agreement with a country. It was not
announced what countries the government was negotiating with, but it's
believed they were Rwanda and Uganda. The court had given the
government until Sunday to reach agreement with another country, or
else release the migrants from prison, and that's what happened.
Earlier this month, Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
announced a major new policy for dealing with 16,250 of the migrants.
Under a deal with the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR), 16,250 African
migrants under threat of being either jailed or deported to another
African country, would instead be absorbed and resettled into a
Western country. The deal also specifies that another 16,250
similarly threated migrants would be permitted to remain in Israel as
"temporary residents."
Netanyahu originally said that the agreement was a "landmark
achievement," allowing 16,250 migrants to be taken to "developed
countries like Canada, or Germany and Italy." Canada announced that
it would accept some migrants under the deal, but Germany and Italy
announced that they were not part of the deal and hadn't been
consulted. The deal was also opposed by many politicians in Israel,
because it granted legal status to 16,250 "infiltrators." Within
hours, Netanyahu was forced to suspend the deal entirely.
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**** Uganda first agrees to accept Israel's African migrants, then backs down
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For months there have been unconfirmed reports that Benjamin Netanyahu
was negotiating with Rwanda and Uganda to accept Israel's African
migrants, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, in return for some
unspecified payment. Netanyahu recently confirmed that negotiations
with Rwanda had been going on for two years. However, under enormous
pressure from pro-migrant activists both inside and outside Israel,
Rwanda was finally forced to withdraw from the agreement.
Until Friday, Uganda consistently denied that a deportation deal with
Israel exists, despite reports that it was accepting migrants deported
from Israel.
On Friday, Musa Ecweru, Uganda's state minister of disaster
preparedness and refugees, indicated that Uganda was ready to accept
500 migrants from Israel. According to Ecweru:
<QUOTE>"The State of Israel working with other refugees’
managing organizations has requested Uganda to allow about 500
Eritreans and Sudanese refugees to relocate to Uganda. The
Government and Ministry are positively considering the request.
We already have millions of refugees in Uganda from Somalia,
Ethiopia so the few from Israel won’t be a problem to Uganda as a
third party country.
We are slow but very sure on the issue of refugees that we
host. To my knowledge, no refugees from Israel have come in
yet. The ones coming are going to the settlement."<END QUOTE>
However, on Sunday, Netanyahu's special emissary to Uganda returned
home after 11 days of negotiations with Uganda, apparently without a
deal on migrants. Independent (Uganda) and Times of Israel
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu,
Eritrea, Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, Musa Ecweru,
Canada, Germany, Italy
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Israel's top court orders 207 African migrants to be released from jail
- Uganda first agrees to accept Israel's African migrants, then backs down
****
**** Israel's top court orders 207 African migrants to be released from jail
****
African migrants leaving prison on Sunday, after being freed by Israel's Supreme Court (Times of Israel)
Israel's Interior Ministry on Sunday released 207 African migrants
from Saharonim prison in southern Israel, by order of Israel's Supreme
Count. The migrants were mostly from Eritrea and Sudan. According to
the government, they were "infiltrators," or "illegal immigrants."
Israel's government had wanted to deport them to another country, but
were unable to reach any agreement with a country. It was not
announced what countries the government was negotiating with, but it's
believed they were Rwanda and Uganda. The court had given the
government until Sunday to reach agreement with another country, or
else release the migrants from prison, and that's what happened.
Earlier this month, Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
announced a major new policy for dealing with 16,250 of the migrants.
Under a deal with the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR), 16,250 African
migrants under threat of being either jailed or deported to another
African country, would instead be absorbed and resettled into a
Western country. The deal also specifies that another 16,250
similarly threated migrants would be permitted to remain in Israel as
"temporary residents."
Netanyahu originally said that the agreement was a "landmark
achievement," allowing 16,250 migrants to be taken to "developed
countries like Canada, or Germany and Italy." Canada announced that
it would accept some migrants under the deal, but Germany and Italy
announced that they were not part of the deal and hadn't been
consulted. The deal was also opposed by many politicians in Israel,
because it granted legal status to 16,250 "infiltrators." Within
hours, Netanyahu was forced to suspend the deal entirely.
****
**** Uganda first agrees to accept Israel's African migrants, then backs down
****
For months there have been unconfirmed reports that Benjamin Netanyahu
was negotiating with Rwanda and Uganda to accept Israel's African
migrants, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, in return for some
unspecified payment. Netanyahu recently confirmed that negotiations
with Rwanda had been going on for two years. However, under enormous
pressure from pro-migrant activists both inside and outside Israel,
Rwanda was finally forced to withdraw from the agreement.
Until Friday, Uganda consistently denied that a deportation deal with
Israel exists, despite reports that it was accepting migrants deported
from Israel.
On Friday, Musa Ecweru, Uganda's state minister of disaster
preparedness and refugees, indicated that Uganda was ready to accept
500 migrants from Israel. According to Ecweru:
<QUOTE>"The State of Israel working with other refugees’
managing organizations has requested Uganda to allow about 500
Eritreans and Sudanese refugees to relocate to Uganda. The
Government and Ministry are positively considering the request.
We already have millions of refugees in Uganda from Somalia,
Ethiopia so the few from Israel won’t be a problem to Uganda as a
third party country.
We are slow but very sure on the issue of refugees that we
host. To my knowledge, no refugees from Israel have come in
yet. The ones coming are going to the settlement."<END QUOTE>
However, on Sunday, Netanyahu's special emissary to Uganda returned
home after 11 days of negotiations with Uganda, apparently without a
deal on migrants. Independent (Uganda) and Times of Israel
Related Articles:
- Israel's government in turmoil over failure to deport African migrants (03-Apr-2018)
- Tens of thousands of migrants to Israel protest in Tel Aviv (07-Jan-2014)
- Israel to expel tens of thousands of illegal African immigrants (12-Dec-2011)
- Israel prepares to absorb refugees from Syria (11-Jan-2012)
- Russian migrants to Israel form closed ultra-nationalist community (29-Apr-2013)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu,
Eritrea, Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, Musa Ecweru,
Canada, Germany, Italy
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