Go home or go to jail: Israel pressures African migrants to leave:
Israel is offering illegal immigrants $3,500 and a one-way ticket home as it begins to crack down on refugees, who face prison if they don't take up the deal. Rights groups are appalled at the move, saying Israel should be doing more to protect them. Ref. Source 9
Israeli soldiers fired on migrants at Egyptian border: Report:
Investigators are seeking to determine whether criminal charges should be brought against soldiers who fired on a group of 15 Sudanese asylum seekers, wounding three and leaving one hospitalised in serious condition. Ref. Source 9t
Israeli mob lynches African mistaken for Palestinian attacker:
The lynch mob attack on a young Eritrean asylum seeker in Israel during a deadly assault at a bus station has stoked fears that a climate in which Israeli citizens are encouraged to take the law into their own hands is growing. Ref. Source 9p