Sunday, January 23, 2011

African Immigrants in Israel

Three years ago was when the migration started.  Africans have been going through the vast and dangerous  Sinai.  This desert is just sand and emptyness.  There willing to go that far just to get to Israel.  As the years go on more and more die the border patrol shows no mercy for them.  The Africans are leaving there home nations beacuse of persecution, poverty and safety beacuse their nation is in war.  In certain places where there is war and turmoil the economy is suffering causing immense amounts of poverty.  Africans are being pushed out of these harsh areas baecuse they need basic resources to survive.  In other areas of Africa there is war and persecution.  People are being forced to flee to save themselves from being killed.  People in these areas are dying left and right.  For these Africans coming to Israel is a blessing.  Their  nations government is distraught.  These reasons are pushing the members of this nation away nobody wants to die.  These are both political reason for migration. Since the Africans have been coming things have changed.  The Africans are taking jobs from the Israle's.  Even though they are doing not the best jobs they are still jobs given to non legal citizens.  The Africans are not citizens so they dont pay taxes but, the still use government services.  Them using the government services mean that the citizens of Israel have to pay more money.  A positive recent outcome of the migration is that the Africans provide low wage labor and improve productivity.  This will help Israels economy prosper in the future.  In the future i for see Africans taking what they have learned in Israel and when their nation is safe bringing it home and teaching it to them.  Hopefully they will get a greater education and business benefits that they could improve their nation with one day.  Unfortunately, people are not taking well to the African migrants.  They are greately discrimintated on in Israeli society. They not only abuse the Africans verbally but physically too.  Depending on where in Africa the imigrants come from that determines there language and there culture.  There is no set language for Africa so there is a language barrier.  In Egypt there main language is hebrew.  Even though the government is trying to keep that Africans out building this wall will solve nothing.  The Africans are already in danger there willing to risk fighting a wall and border patrol to get to what they believe is safety.