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The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back-tracked on the decision this week and on Friday officials said that the premier's office had decided to extend the deadline by three months.
But human rights groups say this is not enough and have been demanding that illegal migrants who have children be given residency status in Israel.
"We are happy about that the decision to expel the children of immigrants has been suspended but this threat must be removed once and for all through a vote," a delegate of the Kav la Oved pro-migrant group told public radio.
In July the interior ministry stepped up a crackdown against illegal migrants, sending agents on the streets to track them down.
In 2006 Israel adopted a one-off decision allowing 600 families of illegal immigrants to apply for residency status in the Jewish state.
According to the interior ministry, some 300,000 illegal aliens -- including 100,000 migrants, tourists who overstayed their visit and Palestinians -- live in Israel which is home to seven million inhabitants.
But human rights groups say that these figures are inflated.
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But human rights groups say this is not enough and have been demanding that illegal migrants who have children be given residency status in Israel.
"We are happy about that the decision to expel the children of immigrants has been suspended but this threat must be removed once and for all through a vote," a delegate of the Kav la Oved pro-migrant group told public radio.
In July the interior ministry stepped up a crackdown against illegal migrants, sending agents on the streets to track them down.
In 2006 Israel adopted a one-off decision allowing 600 families of illegal immigrants to apply for residency status in the Jewish state.
According to the interior ministry, some 300,000 illegal aliens -- including 100,000 migrants, tourists who overstayed their visit and Palestinians -- live in Israel which is home to seven million inhabitants.
But human rights groups say that these figures are inflated.
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