Jerusalem is said to have renewed talks with the United Nations in pursuit of a solution to the migrant crisis, after both Uganda and Rwanda walked away from talks with Israel to accept thousands of African asylum seekers.
Channel 10’s report comes a month after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, then almost immediately canceled amid domestic pressure, a deal with the United Nations High Commission on Refugees to resettle approximately 16,250 asylum seekers in Western countries and give status and rights to an equal number of asylum seekers to stay in Israel.
Security officials in Israel have reached out to the UN in recent days, expressing interest in a similar deal that was agreed to in April, Channel 10 says.
However, Jerusalem is said to be demanding that the deal include the resettling of a larger number of asylum seekers than were included in the original deal. In addition, Israel is asking for fewer migrants to be allowed to remain in Israel and that the resettling be carried out at a faster pace than agreed upon in the first deal.
It is unclear if the UN will be able to deliver on such demands.
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