African migrants from Eritrea hold an Israeli flag during a protest near the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv October 18, 2012. REUTERS/Nir Elias
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An unidentified country has agreed to take in Eritrean illegal immigrants living in Israel, according to Israeli court documents.
Humanitarian agencies say many of the 60,000 African migrants who have walked into Israel from Egypt should be considered for asylum. Israel regards most of them as illegal job-seekers, and a national debate on deporting them has stirred strong emotions in a Jewish state founded by war refugees and immigrants.
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