Clashes: Netanyahu Wants Immediate Deportation Of Eritreans

Israel is considering tough steps including the immediate deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers involved in riots in Tel Aviv.

Some 170 people were injured in violent clashes with police and in-fighting between groups of supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “a red line” had been crossed.

He also ordered a new plan to remove all African migrants that he described as “illegal infiltrators”.

Saturday’s unprecedented disorder began after activists opposed to the Eritrean Government said that they had asked Israeli Authorities to cancel an event organised by their Country’s Embassy.

They broke through a police barricade around the venue, which was then vandalised.

Police in riot gear fired tear gas, stun grenades and live rounds as officers on horseback tried to push the protesters away.

An investigation has been opened into whether the use of live fire was within the law.

BBC