Has Israel cancelled its expulsion plan for African immigrants?

According to Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao, the Israeli government announced on the 2nd that it would cancel the controversial expulsion plan for African immigrants. According to the new agreement reached between the Israeli government and UNHCR, Israel will resettle at least 65438+6250 African immigrants to western countries; Others can stay in Israel for at least five years.

Lianhe Zaobao quoted Reuters as saying that the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement on the same day to make the above announcement. According to the data of Israeli Interior Ministry, there are about 42,000 African immigrants in Israel, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea.

The Israeli government had planned to send African immigrants to relatively stable African countries. It is reported that the target country is Rwanda or Uganda, and this plan has aroused fierce criticism from UNHCR and human rights activists.