Israel abandons plan to forcibly deport African migrants"The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who had entered the country illegally. The government had been working for months on an arrangement to expel thousands of mostly Eritrean and Sudanese men who crossed into Israel through Egypt's Sinai desert. The migrants and rights groups say they are seeking asylum and are fleeing war and persecution. The government says they are job seekers and that it has every right to protect its borders. Around 4,000 migrants have left Israel for Rwanda and Uganda since 2013 under a voluntary program" The picture below is of a little boy taking part in the protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport African migrants, in Tel Aviv, in March. In my opinion I think that Israel made the right choice. The choice shows a little more compassion rather than forcibly removing all migrants out of Israel. These migrants came to Israel to seek freedom. They were fleeing war and prosecution. Cancelling the plan to deport the African migrants forcibly was the right thing to do. I feel like they shouldn't be deported at all, I understand that they came into the country illegally, but can't they try and find a reasonable accommodation? But now instead of forcibly removing illegal migrants, its immigration authority will try and find new options to deport migrants voluntarily.
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