20.05.2012                      28.Ijar. 5772                    Jerusalemtag; Tag 43 des Omer

Innenminister:

Yishai: Jail African migrants who do not leave willingly

Interior minister says African migrants should be jailed or expelled; MK Herzog says solution must involve Eritrea, from which 70% of migrants originate; Aharonovich to request emergency meeting.

African migrants who do not leave Israel willingly must be jailed or expelled, Interior Minister Eli Yishai told Army Radio Sunday.
"I need to return security to the citizens of Israel," Yishai said, adding that Israel can send migrants back to their home countries or a willing third country….