The government of Israeli has issued a notice
for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment. Not
only that, according to British Broadcasting co-operation, each immigrant would
be given up to $3500 to leave their country before 90days.
The report said the migrants would have the
option of going to their home country or third countries, but that if they
refused to leave, the Israeli authorities would have them thrown in jail
starting from April 2018. The Israeli government said the return of the
migrants would be humane and voluntary even though the UN refugee agency said
the plan violated international and Israeli laws. It was learnt that a
spokesperson for Israel's Population and Immigration Authority revealed that
the country currently has 38,000 migrants believed to have entered illegally
and out of this number, 1,420 are being held in detention facilities.
The report said many of the migrants,
especially from Eritrea and Sudan, say they are in the country to seek asylum
after fleeing persecution and conflict, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
believes that if unchecked, the influx of African migrants could threaten
Israel's Jewish character.
To this quick notice, there are exemptions; children,
elderly people, and victims of slavery and human trafficking.
Question should be ask: why do Africans flee
their country? Apart from war and persecution from other religions, individuals
who leave their countries (African countries) to other (European countries)
illegally, most times don’t get much of their problem solve.
With this, I think is time for illegal immigrant
to reconsider their options before departing their country. African leaders,
should team up to put an end to this menace.
Culled from: #naij.com
Arira joseph, Co-editor VerdTalks.
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