Around 38,000 migran­ts who entere­d Israel illega­lly will have until the end of March to leave the countr­yJERUSALEM: Israel plans to force tens of thousands of African migrants to leave over the next three months by threatening to arrest those who stay, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. Under the plan, some 38,000 migrants who entered Israel illegally, mainly Eritreans and Sudanese, will have until the end of March to leave. Turkey says EU funds not being actively used for needs of Syrian refugeesOver the years, those caught at the Egyptian frontier were detained at prisons in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Israeli residents of southern Tel Aviv have long complained of their presence and right-wing politicians have pledged to heed calls to force them out, often with harsh rhetoric. During a visit in August, Netanyahu pledged to “return south Tel Aviv to the citizens of Israel”.

Source: The Express Tribune January 03, 2018 12:00 UTC