Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked had decided to remove the repatriation ban last month, threatening dozens of asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo with expulsion
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announces the end of the policy barring the repatriation of the migrants, citing an improvement in the situation in Democratic Republic of Congo
The number already in Israel may well exceed the new quota of 5,000 refugees before it even takes effect over the weekend. Haaretz explains Israel's policy from entry, to work, to health insurance