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Israel considers only deportation, not aid, for thousands of refugees
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Ethiopia, Israel, refugees 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for March 26, 2008.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called the thousands of African refugees currently residing in Israel 'a tsunami' earlier this week, but the state has yet to fully acknowledge that they even exist.

Close to 3,000 refugees are estimated to have entered Israel through the border with Egypt this year alone, bringing the number of African asylum seekers in the country to more than 6,000.


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he Tel Aviv municipality announced last week it would erect a new tent compound in the city to take the refugees off the streets and out of the abysmally crowded and filthy shelters in which many currently reside. But the project was stopped by the Prime Minister's Office, which may - or may not - have other plans for the refugees.


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      1.   How can a state of refugees.... 01:39  |  Marshall 27/03/08
      2.   #1 Refugees 07:32  |  HM 27/03/08
      3.   #2racist 10:42  |  sara 27/03/08
      4.   God Forbid 10:43  |  JJ 27/03/08
      5.   Mecca`s soul cries. 10:43  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 27/03/08
      6.   #3,#4 12:29  |  HM 27/03/08
      7.   biased report - also = 9000 not 6000 13:41  |  Jane 27/03/08
      8.   Jews take, never give 14:25  |  Dav 27/03/08
      9.   what does ha`aretz suggest 14:33  |  Jon 27/03/08
      10.   Yael Dayan&Lefties should place them in Savion and Raanana 14:39  |  Absolute Sweden 27/03/08
      11.   To Dav. 19:32  |  ClickDick 27/03/08
      12.   It makes me want to Cry 21:16  |  Adam Astan 27/03/08
      13.   #5 Mecca won`t even accept it`s own 21:20  |  Adam Astan 27/03/08
      14.   Ay Yay Yay 00:02  |  Pat 28/03/08
      15.   Adam Astan 00:06  |  Pat 28/03/08
      16.   Isreal be care 00:35  |  VIVA ISRAELE 28/03/08
      17.   African refuges 01:44  |  Elvis Erharuyi 28/03/08
      18.   African refuges 01:57  |  Dodon dawa 28/03/08
      19.   NlGGERMANIA dot COM 23:07  |  NlGGERMANIA dot COM 28/03/08
      20.   No one is more racist than a jew 05:24  |  R. James 31/03/08
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