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Number of Infiltrators Leaving Israel Skyrockets in August
Illegal immigrants leaving in August amid Gaza operation jumps to as many
as the previous four months put together.
By Yaakov Levi
First Publish: 9/1/2014, 7:06 PM
With Gaza terrorists showering Israel with rockets, August didn't bring
much good news for Israelis. But every cloud has a silver lining: in August
a noted increase was recorded of illegal African immigrants leaving the
country.
While there was no specific connection to the war, observers said that many
in the infiltrator community were taken by surprise by the intensity of the
war – and many of them have apparently decided that Israel isn't
necessarily the best place for them.
A total of 379 illegals voluntarily left Israel in August, more than had
left the previous four months altogether. It was also significantly more
than had left the country in August the previous year, when 216
illegalsvoluntarily emigrated.
So far this year, 5,388 illegal Africans have left Israel voluntarily;
Israeli authorities who have investigated the infiltrators have repeatedly
reported that nearly all of them snuck into Israel looking for job
opportunities.
In June, more than 1,000 illegal African immigrants staged a sit-in near
the southern border with Egypt, following a protest march against their
internment camp in Holot, near the Sinai border, where they are required to
stay. The infiltrators called for help leaving the country.
Israel requires illegal immigrants who have been in the country for more
than five years to live in Holot. Under legislation passed in December
2013, authorities can detain illegal immigrants for up to a year without
trial.
The Israeli population and immigration office said that in late 2013 there
were 53,646 African immigrants in Israel, 35,987 of whom were Eritrean,
13,249 Sudanese, and the remainder from other countries.
Illegal immigrants have been cited as responsible for a dramatic rise in
violent crime in parts of Israel, particularly in the working
classneighborhoods of southern Tel Aviv were they are mostly concentrated.
Israel's construction last year of an electric fence along its border with
Egypt has reduced the number of immigrants arriving illegally through the
Sinai Peninsula to almost none.
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