Israel Secretly Repatriates 1,000 To Sudan, Without Informing UN

Israel Secretly Deports 1,000 People Back To Sudan
African refugees sit on the ground behind a border fence after they attempted to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel as Israeli soldiers stand guard near the border with Egypt, in southern Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. Israel is staunching the flow of African migrants who have poured into the Jewish state by the tens of thousands, rapidly building a border fence and implementing a new policy of detaining Africans upon arrival. Israels army says over the past few days, a group of African migrants has waited on the Egyptian side of the fence. Israeli soldiers are providing the group with water, but not allowing them into Israel.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
African refugees sit on the ground behind a border fence after they attempted to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel as Israeli soldiers stand guard near the border with Egypt, in southern Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. Israel is staunching the flow of African migrants who have poured into the Jewish state by the tens of thousands, rapidly building a border fence and implementing a new policy of detaining Africans upon arrival. Israels army says over the past few days, a group of African migrants has waited on the Egyptian side of the fence. Israeli soldiers are providing the group with water, but not allowing them into Israel.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel has "voluntarily" returned at least 1,000 people to Sudan, an enemy country that has vowed to punish any of its citizens who ever set foot in Israel. The repatriation was done secretly, via a third country, over the last few months, without the knowledge of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

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