Is Israel's plan to deport 40,000 African refugees racist?

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against expulsion orders and threats to migrants to leave Israel or face jail.

25 Mar 2018

The Israeli government has until Monday to provide further details of its controversial plan to expel thousands of African refugees - mostly Eritrean and Sudanese - to a third African country.

The Israeli Supreme Court set the deadline earlier this month, suspending the deportations in the meantime.

On Saturday, more than 20,000 people took to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest the expulsions. The United Nations has also criticised Israel for its hardline approach.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the flood of migrants was worse than "attacks by Sinai terrorists".

The refugees are being offered $3,500 and a plane ticket to leave the country, or they face being locked up indefinitely.

Are the deportations a case of national security or hypocritically racist for by a country founded as a haven for refugees to act this way?


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