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Darfur refugees to settle in Negev
Government's point-man, Ramat HaNegev Regional Council agree on solution for 500 refugees from Darfur – they will join council's agricultural industry
Yaacov Ganot, who was appointed by the government to oversee the care of the Darfur refugees who fled to Israel,
called on the head of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council, Shmulik Rifman, to help find employment for some 200 refugees in the council's agricultural industry.
Rifman granted Ganot's request and told Ynet that 40 refugees have already been sighed to work in the council's tomato picking. "We will provide them with room, board and a fair pay, and will allow them an honorable existence," he said.
Refugees
Government sets up committee to oversee absorption of 498 refugees from Darfur, but says will deport old and new arrivals
Ganot has asked Ramat HaNegev to receive an additional 300 refugees in the near future, marking the end to the refugees' – who were held in Ktziot prison until now – problem.
The government decided to grant 500 Darfurian refugees permanent-residence status in mid September, forming a special committee to help decide on their exact citizenship status.
The number of Darfur refugees infiltrating into Israel has decreased over the last few weeks, but some 1,000 of them are still being held in Ktziot prison.
