Under a deal reached with the UNHCR just hours before the Israeli premier's announcement, over 16,000 migrants and refugees would be sent to various Western countries, while much of those remaining in Israel would be granted official status.
At a donor conference in Brussels this week the EU signed a deal that would allow it to deport thousands of refugees back to Afghanistan.
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