Since 2003, an estimated 70,000 illegal immigrants from various African countries have crossed into Israel.African Refugee Development Center. Retrieved 11.11.11, African Refugee Development Center Some 600 refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan have been granted temporary resident status to be renewed every year, though not official refugee status. Another 2,000 refugees from the conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia have been granted temporary resident status on humanitarian grounds, though Israel prefers not to recognize them as refugees.
