(Jerusalem Post) Israel has provided refugee status for 500 foreign residents from countries in which civil wars are taking place, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees representative in Israel Mickey Bavli. Over the past 3 years, refugee status has been given to people from countries such as Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Ivory Coast, with a further 200 applications being examined.
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