By 2012, there we more than 60,000 African refugees who fled to Israel via Egypt escaping persecution at home. But the Government of Israel does not want these refugees and labelled them "infiltrators."
The government has implemented a shameful plan to reduce and remove African asylum seekers. Today, there are less than 40,000 remaining. The first step was to build an expensive fence on the Egyptian border to stop the flow of asylum seekers.
Second, to keep asylum seekers in detention without trial for a year and lastly to repatriate refugees to third countries without consent. It’s obvious that the Government of Israel is trying to hide the fact that they are trying to make the lives of African asylum-seekers in Israel harder and harder.
They need our help. What can we do to help? What is the call of leadership of Canadians? Join community/sector leaders and experts in the field to explore and enable practical solutions to this long-standing problem of African refugees whose dignity has been taken away in Israel.
March 20, 2018, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Venue: CultureLink, 2340 Dundas St West, Toronto (Across from Dundas West Subway) ~~~ // ~~~
The African Canadian Leaders Network (ACLN) is a broad coalition of African Canadian leaders committed in advancing the cause of successful integration & settlement of continental Africans.
