“Still, the alarming growth in the smuggling of weapons, drugs, and money for terror-related activities, which comes with the increasing flow of persons entering Israel illegally, does pose a significant security threat. To protect its borders, Israel is acting to stem the flow of immigrants by sealing its porous border with Egypt’s Sinai. But so long as the world does not take action to bring Omar Bashir to trial and bring about an end to his corrupt, destructive regime in Sudan, and Eritrea continues to decay, the flow of asylum seekers from that region will continue

Combat Genocide Association (CGA), an Israeli movement guided by Zionist, Jewish and universal values, has made some practical recommendations concerning refuge policy. This organization has shown real leadership in stating the case for a law defining refugee status, regulations and quotas for granting political asylum, and humane procedures for the treatment of asylum-seekers

CGA has declared that Israeli refugee policy be guided by its responsibilities as a sovereign state to protect its borders, and at the same time, its obligations to offer refuge to those seeking asylum from genocide and persecution. CGA has prepared a “Bill of Treatment and Responsibility for Asylum Seekers and Refugees.” The bill specifies annual quotas, refugee rights and obligations, based on population size. Thus, GDP suggests an annual ceiling quota of 1,750 refugees annually, and a cumulative total of no more than 20,000, which would make Israel a leader among the nations in refugee absorption. Despite the bill’s endorsement by many MKs, it is right now going nowhere in the Knesset.”

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