ISRAEL PROPOSES WORK CAMPS FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANTS

The government is considering establishing work camps in the south of the country, where illegal migrant workers will receive shelter, food and medical care, Army Radio reported Wednesday. In exchange, illegal migrants would perform manual labor outside the camps, but would not earn a salary. [emphasis mine]

They would stay at the camp until their asylum claims are decided, which could take months or years. [emphasis mine] The proposal, part of the effort to address the problems posed by illegal migrants, would place asylum seekers at jobs in communities in the Negev and Arava. Their salaries would go to the state, in order to fund the camps.

At the very least, I wonder if these camps will be more or less “humane” than the Japanese American internment camps that the United States built during World War II?