On Monday,Prime Minister Netanyahu met visiting Ivory Coast President
Alassane Ouattara, where Ouattara expressed his agreement that Israel
should repatriate Ivory Coast nationals who arrived in Israel without
permission. Of the 65,000 African migrants believed to be in the
country, the numbers from the Ivory Coast range from a few hundred to
some 2,000. While up until the middle of last year it was impossible
to deport Ivorians because the country was in the throes of civil
violence, the situation has changed since Ouattara came to power in
April.
