#African_migrants hold mass rally against Israeli detention
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An estimated 30,000 African migrants stage a protest in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2014 against detention and #Israel's refusal to grant them asylum. (Photo: AFP - Jack Guez) An estimated 30,000 African migrants stage a protest in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2014 against detention and Israel’s refusal to grant them asylum. (Photo: AFP - Jack Guez)
Tens of thousands of African migrants, many holding banners demanding freedom for compatriots jailed as illegal job-seekers by Israel, protested on Sunday in a main Tel Aviv square against a new open-ended detention law. “We are all refugees” and “Yes to freedom, no to prison!” they chanted in English. Human rights groups say more than 300 people have been arrested since the law, which (...)