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Image captionThe migrants claim they are seeking asylum from persecution, although Israel views them as economic migrants
The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment.
The migrants will be given up to $3,500 (£2,600) for leaving within the next 90 days.
They will be given the option of going to their home country or third countries.
If they do not leave, the Israeli authorities have threatened that they will start jailing them from April.
The UN refugee agency said the controversial plan violated international and Israeli laws.
The Israeli government says their return will be humane and "voluntary".
The order exempts children, elderly people, and victims of slavery and human trafficking.
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Image captionPeople from Eritrea and Sudan make up a significant number of migrants in Israel
A spokesperson for Israel's Population and Immigration Authority told the BBC there were currently 38,000 "infiltrators" in Israel, of whom just 1,420 were being held in detention facilities.
Israel uses the term "infiltrators" to describe people who did not enter the country through an official border crossing.
Many of the migrants - who are mostly from Eritrea and Sudan - say they came to Israel to seek asylum after fleeing persecution and conflict, but the authorities regard them as economic migrants.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that an unchecked influx of African migrants could threaten Israel's Jewish character.
Three days after Israel's top court ruled that African asylum seekers can be deported to Rwanda and Uganda, but only can be held in detention for sixty days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited south Tel Aviv neighborhoods and the area around the central bus station, where many asylum seekers live.
Police closed off streets in the area ahead of the visit – the first such tour by Netanyahu in years.
"We will return south Tel Aviv to the citizens of Israel, they are not refugees, but infiltrators looking for work," he said. He added: "If needed, we will legislate an amendment to the law or change the agreements with the African countries, or both."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting south Tel Aviv on August 31, 2017. Moti Milrod
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that that unlimited detention of asylum seekers may not be used in order to force deportation. An asylum seeker's consent to leave due to the fear of incarceration “is not true consent and therefore it cannot be used for deportation to a third country,” the ruling states. The court also ruled that a person who refuses to leave voluntarily for a third country can be held for two months at most.
Speaking with residents, the prime minister also promised that the government would step up enforcement against asylum seekers 'in the face of those who employ them, in the face of the lawless infiltrators."
According to data from the Interior Ministry's Population and Immigration Authority, there are about 38,000 African asylum seekers in Israel including about 27,500 from Eritrea, 7,900 from Sudan and 2,600 from other African countries.
The flow of African migrants into Israel has been halted entirely, with only one person getting caught attempting to cross the Israel-Egypt border. In addition, in the first six months of 2017, about 2,100 of the asylum seekers have left Israel.
read more: Netanyahu on African 'infiltrators': We will return south Tel Aviv to Israelis
read more: Netanyahu on African 'infiltrators': We will return south Tel Aviv to Israelis
Where the black israelites at
Image captionThe migrants claim they are seeking asylum from persecution, although Israel views them as economic migrants
The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment.
The migrants will be given up to $3,500 (£2,600) for leaving within the next 90 days.
They will be given the option of going to their home country or third countries.
If they do not leave, the Israeli authorities have threatened that they will start jailing them from April.
The UN refugee agency said the controversial plan violated international and Israeli laws.
The Israeli government says their return will be humane and "voluntary".
The order exempts children, elderly people, and victims of slavery and human trafficking.
Image captionPeople from Eritrea and Sudan make up a significant number of migrants in Israel
A spokesperson for Israel's Population and Immigration Authority told the BBC there were currently 38,000 "infiltrators" in Israel, of whom just 1,420 were being held in detention facilities.
Israel uses the term "infiltrators" to describe people who did not enter the country through an official border crossing.
Many of the migrants - who are mostly from Eritrea and Sudan - say they came to Israel to seek asylum after fleeing persecution and conflict, but the authorities regard them as economic migrants.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that an unchecked influx of African migrants could threaten Israel's Jewish character.
Three days after Israel's top court ruled that African asylum seekers can be deported to Rwanda and Uganda, but only can be held in detention for sixty days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited south Tel Aviv neighborhoods and the area around the central bus station, where many asylum seekers live.
Police closed off streets in the area ahead of the visit – the first such tour by Netanyahu in years.
"We will return south Tel Aviv to the citizens of Israel, they are not refugees, but infiltrators looking for work," he said. He added: "If needed, we will legislate an amendment to the law or change the agreements with the African countries, or both."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting south Tel Aviv on August 31, 2017. Moti Milrod
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that that unlimited detention of asylum seekers may not be used in order to force deportation. An asylum seeker's consent to leave due to the fear of incarceration “is not true consent and therefore it cannot be used for deportation to a third country,” the ruling states. The court also ruled that a person who refuses to leave voluntarily for a third country can be held for two months at most.
Speaking with residents, the prime minister also promised that the government would step up enforcement against asylum seekers 'in the face of those who employ them, in the face of the lawless infiltrators."
According to data from the Interior Ministry's Population and Immigration Authority, there are about 38,000 African asylum seekers in Israel including about 27,500 from Eritrea, 7,900 from Sudan and 2,600 from other African countries.
The flow of African migrants into Israel has been halted entirely, with only one person getting caught attempting to cross the Israel-Egypt border. In addition, in the first six months of 2017, about 2,100 of the asylum seekers have left Israel.
read more: Netanyahu on African 'infiltrators': We will return south Tel Aviv to Israelis
read more: Netanyahu on African 'infiltrators': We will return south Tel Aviv to Israelis
for thinking they will have and treat your asses like their ilk..!!!
