ISRAEL has started handing out notices to 20,000 male African migrants giving them two months to leave the country or risk being thrown in jail. The deportation notices do not name the country migrants will be flown to but Netanyahu has said it will be a safe destination. In a poor neighbourhood in the south of Tel Aviv that has attracted thousands of African migrants, shops are dotted with signs in Tigrinya and other African languages while abandoned warehouses have been converted into churches. On Thursday, a group of 36 Holocaust survivors sent a letter to Netanyahu asking him not to deport the migrants. The US-based Anti Defamation League has also urged Israel to reconsider the plan, citing “Jewish values and refugee heritage”.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 05, 2018 16:07 UTC