Get ready to have some new neighbours – or at least in a town near you quite soon.
The Israeli government had planned to deport 16,000 African migrants, that are described as a “threat to the Jewish character of the state” but since reaching an agreement with he UN this has now been changed to a re-settlement operation.
The Israeli government is keenly aware of its country’s demographic makeup seeks maintain one of the strictest immigration policies to preserve the Jewish state.
To this end it has taken drastic steps to stem migrants from African entering the tiny country and has even encouraged private citizens to detain illegal African migrants.
Now, after an agreement with UN it has been decided that the 16,000 African migrants set for deportation will instead be re-settled in the West, namely Germany, Italy and Canada according to Israeli PM Netanyahu.
However, these countries were apparently unaware they will be welcoming thousands of African deportees from Israel at the time of the announcement.