Asylum seekers who left Israel executed in Libya

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On Tuesday, April 21, 2015, the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants reported that three asylum seekers who left Israel for a third country over the past year have been executed by the Islamic State in Libya. According to the report, the victims were identified by family members and friends.

The three Eritrean asylum seekers were probably kidnapped together with a group of Christian Ethiopians. The group's gruesome execution was filmed and distributed by ISIS on Sunday, April 19, 2015.

Last month, the Interior Ministry’s Population and Immigration Authority confirmed a report in Haaretz that the authority intends to begin deporting asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan to third countries in Africa. The authority is not disclosing the identity of those countries or the nature of the agreements, but they are apparently Uganda and Rwanda, where about 1,500 asylum seekers have already been sent over the past year after signing a statement that their departure was voluntary.