From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
UN expresses ‘disappointment’ with Israel’s about-face on migrants
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees expresses “disappointment” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pullout from a deal signed on Monday to resettle 16,000 Eritrean and Sudanese refugees in Western countries.
“It is with disappointment that UNHCR notes today’s cancellation by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Israel-UNHCR agreement of April 2 on solutions for Eritreans and Sudanese currently in Israel,” the UN agency says in a statement.
The UN refugee agency says the deal was negotiated over “an extended period of time.”
“UNHCR continues to believe that a win-win agreement that would both benefit Israel and people needing asylum is in everyone’s best interests,” it says. “And we encourage the Government of Israel to consider the matter further, while standing ready to be of help.”
The Times of Israel Community.