South Sudanese Return from Israel
South Sudanese who fled to Israel during the two-decade civil war are finally trooping back home. 20 June 2012 Happy to be back home: The first batch of South Sudanese arrived in Juba early this week from Israel. [Gurtong/ James Deng Dimo] By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 20 June 2012 [Gurtong] - South Sudanese Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Joseph Lual Achuil told the press in a statement that at least 124 South Sudanese arrived in Juba Monday aboard an Israeli airplane accompanied by some Israeli government officials. He said the return of the South Sudanese from Israel is on a mutual understanding and arrangements reached after a meeting between the governments of the two countries. He strongly refuted reports that the South Sudanese nationals had been deported. “Our people are not being deported. We have agreed with the Israeli government for our people to be peacefully and voluntarily repatriated out of Israel. The remaining 700 South Sudanese will be flown to Juba next week”, said Achuil. The repatriation came a week after a high level delegation visited Tel Aviv following a threat to deport African migrants in the country. Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
