The Israeli government is expected to approve Sunday the allocation of NIS 200 million a year on top of 180 new jobs for the Population and Immigration Authority as part of a large-scale campaign to remove 42000 African migrants from Israel.
According to the proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon the Israeli government will offer each African national $3500 to start a new life elsewhere Ynet News has reported.
Meanwhile the additional manpower will be employed in checking existing asylum requests submitted by Sudanese and Eritrean nationals increasing enforcement against employers hiring infiltrators and organizing the voluntary departure and subsequent deportation of infiltrators to a third country.
The large number of immigrants and their concentration in city centers particularly Tel Aviv has had various negative consequences the proposal claims including the damage caused to the fabric of life in Israeli society the undermining of settlers’ personal security an increase in crime and the significant damage caused to the job market.
In recent years the Israeli government has taken a series of steps to deport immigrants to third countries in a move widely condemned as a sign of deep-seated racism and xenophobia.
“I have promised the residents of south Tel Aviv and other low-income neighborhoods across the country that I would take any measure to remove the infiltrators and I am now keeping my promise” Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri told Ynet. “I’m glad for the cooperation of the prime minister and finance minister and together I hope that soon the residents of these neighborhoods could see the longed-for change because the poor of your city take precedence.”
