As Ethiopians removed from Saudi Arabia continue filing back into the
country, Israel is also planning to deport 500 Ethiopians, possibly as
early as January 2014.Some 60,000 migrants from different African countries - particularly
Eritrea and Sudan, which makes up the lion's share at some 90 pc of the
total - have entered Israel in recent years through the Sinai Peninsula.
This has led to fears that the Jewish character of the country of 7.8
million is being threatened, as was stated by Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu in a speech in May 2012.In order to assuage those concerns, the country is embarking on a
drive to remove the undocumented migrants, which it calls
'infiltrators', with incentives designed to encourage voluntary
departures. These include 3,500 dollars in compensation for each
migrant, in addition to free plane tickets and health care.For Ethiopians, deportation is to happen within a short period of
time, Fortune has discovered from the Ethiopian Embassy in Tel Aviv,
Israel.
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