Christopher Coen
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Israeli Police Now Luring Desperate Refugees Into Crime
Posted by Christopher Coen on March 1, 2012
Israel’s ruling government has decided that African refugees fleeing persecution are persona non grata, and will not be allowed to work in Israel – even though Israel is in desperate need of low-wage labor. Israeli police are now attempting to lure the refugees, who are hungry and have no place to stay, into stealing from supposed drunks with loads of cash hanging out of their pockets. An article at Haaretz tells us about a new police operation:
Undercover Tel Aviv police, posing as drunks and prostitutes, have begun arresting refugees and asylum seekers by luring them to steal wallets and other items.
Dozens of undercover police officers operated last weekend around the central bus station, where many of the refugees who entered the country illegally live. In a joint operation of the Tel Aviv Region police and the Border Police’s Barak unit, policewomen disguised as prostitutes stood on street corners and arrested everyone who tried to attack them. Others pretended to be drunk women looking for a cab home…
…These illegal refugees, who are not entitled to work, are brought daily to the Magistrate’s Court in Tel Aviv to be remanded, usually after they were caught stealing property worth a few hundred shekels at most. They steal mobile phones and sell them for NIS 150 in stores in the area. Sometimes they work in groups of two or three who steal together to buy food and pay rent… Read more here
