Rwanda, Uganda disown refugee deal but Israel insists one exists
African women asylum seekers and their children, who entered Israel illegally via Egypt, stage a protest in Tel Aviv on January 15, 2014, against Israel’s immigration policy. PHOTO | AFP
The United Nations is urging Israel to not force out African refugees on its soil after it emerged that Rwanda and Uganda had opted out of the controversial deal to have the refugees relocated.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says the lives of the African refugees will be endangered if they are forcibly repatriated to their countries of origin — mainly Eritrea and Sudan — or third countries.
