PM: Illegal Immigration, Human Trafficking Things of the Past
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared the problems of illegal immigration and human trafficking "have been solved.”
At an annual event discussing ways to end human trafficking, Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared that the problem of illegal
immigration into Israel "has been solved.” With no more than a few
dozen illegals managing to get
into Israel in recent months, Netanyahu said that for all intents and
purposes, his government had managed to put an end to illegal
immigration, and with it, the problem of human trafficking.
“Human trafficking, human torture, and
murder of children were phenomena that accompanied the parade of
illegals that entered the country. From the moment we stemmed this
flow, with the intent of stopping illegal workers from entering the
country, we were able to stop these phenomena as well,” he said.
“A year ago, there were thousands
arriving here, and the rate of arrival was increasing. We strengthened
our borders. And last month, just 40 illegals entered the country, and
none of them reached the cities. We have halted the illegal entries,
and with it the human trafficking crimes that accompanied it,”
Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu added that Israel had come a long way in the human trafficking area. “For the first time, Israel appears in U.S. State Department reports among the top countries fighting against human trafficking. For the first time ever, according
to State Department figures, not one victim of human trafficking
entered the country in 2012. If someone saves a life, [the Talmud
says], it is as if he saved the whole world,” Netanyahuadded. “And we have saved many worlds.”
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