Israel’s Knesset votes to close detention facility for illegal African migrants Under the bill, asylum seekers from Sudan and Eritrea also get a choice of going to prison or being deported to Rwanda.
Illegal migrants released from detention barred from Tel Aviv, Eilat The majority of illegal migrants from Africa living in Israel are in the two cities.
Rabbis holding vigil for detained African migrants ahead of Shavuot Some 42,000 Eritrean and Sudanese citizens are living in Israel, with 2,000 in a Negev Desert detention facility.
