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Israel cracks down on African migrants

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African migrants from southern Sudan are seen with their belongings as they prepare for a flight back to Juba. EPA
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A girl from South Sudan is comforted by an Israeli aid worker outside the bus station in south Tel Aviv as dozens of South Sudanese board a bus to be driven to Ben Gurion Airport to be deported. EPA
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An immigrant from southern Sudan is handcuffed as he sits in an Israeli Immigration and Population Department car after being arrested in Tel Aviv, Israel. EPA
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An immigrant (center) from southern Sudan is arrested by Israeli Immigration and Population Department officers in a Tel Aviv, Israel. EPA
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Inspectors from the Israel Immigration and Population Department arrest an African migrant in South Tel Aviv, Israel. EPA
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A South Sudanese boy is lifted as he waves goodbye to his friend on board a bus before its departure to Ben Gurion airport from Tel Aviv’s central bus station. REUTERS
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African migrants sleep in a child’s playground in Levinsky Park in south Tel Aviv. EPA