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Israel likely to deport close to 40,000 African refugees
Right groups say the move to deport African refugees and migrants would violate both international and Israeli laws.
Israel likely to deport close to 40,000 African refugees
An African migrant gestures during a protest, held by women and children of the migrant community, against Israel's detention policy toward migrants in Tel Aviv, January 15, 2014. / Reuters Archive
January 2, 2018

Israel is planning to deport as many as 40,000 African asylum seekers in the coming months.

Right groups say the move would violate both international and Israeli laws.

Many of the refugees say they arrived in Israel, hoping that a country founded by refugees would better understand their difficult situation. 

TRT World's Hayley Slier reports from Tel Aviv.

SOURCE:TRT World
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