The Israeli government has issued notice to thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment. Announcing the plan yesterday Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said that the migrants will be given the option of going to their home country or third countries and if they do not leave, they will start jailing them from April. However, the order exempts children, elderly people, and victims of slavery and human trafficking. <br/><br/>The migrants will be given up to 3,500 US dollar for leaving within the next 90 days. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that an unchecked influx of African migrants could threaten Israel's Jewish character. <br/><br/>A spokesperson for Israel's Population and Immigration Authority told BBC that there were currently 38,000 infiltrators in Israel, of whom just 1,420 were being held in detention facilities. Most of the the migrants are from Eritrea and Sudan.<br/>Meanwhile, the United Nations Human Rights Council said the plan violated international and Israeli laws.