New Program to Encourage Illegal Aliens to Leave Voluntarily

March 3, 2011 - HaModia

The Interior Ministry's Population and Immigration Authority is stepping up efforts to deport illegal aliens and will launch a program to encourage them to leave the country voluntarily....
There are some 150,000 foreign nationals in the country illegally, according tot he authority. Of this number, nearly 34,000 crossed the border into Israel illegally. Another 15,000 or so are categorized as illegal foreign workers employed in Israel, and 101,500 are classified as tourists whose vias have expired.