Under the deal with the UNHCR, Israel said it plans to relocate more than 16,000 migrants to Western countries.
“This is) a unique agreement between the U.N. commissioner and the state of Israel, that takes 16,250 people out, takes them out to developed countries like Canada, or Germany and Italy - that is the commitment the U.N. High Commissioner has made - to organize it and even to fund it,” Netanyahu said on live television.