Israel Suspends New Relocation Deal for African Migrants

Israel Suspends New Relocation Deal for African Migrants
People take part in a protest against deportation of African migrants, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 24, 2018. Reuters/Corinna Kern/File Photo
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JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was suspending a new agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, as pressure mounted on him to scrap the deal.

Hours after announcing the new arrangement, which would also give thousands of other migrants the right to stay in Israel, Netanyahu posted a message on his Facebook page saying he was putting its implementation on hold until further review.