Rwanda and Uganda have rejected claims of signing a controversial deal to take in African migrants from Israel.

Earlier this week, Israel approved a plan to force asylum seekers to choose between indefinite detention in an Israeli prison, or deportation to a third country in Africa.

Currently, Israel is home to about 40,000 asylum seekers, according to government figures. That includes 27,500 Eritrean and 7,800 Sudanese asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reported.

The migrants were told they had three months to leave, drawing condemnation by activists who said the Israeli's government move would endanger people's lives.

Israel did not specify where the asylum seekers should go, but local media and rights groups have previously said that Rwanda and Uganda had agreed to take in migrants from Israel.

According to the Israeli scheme, asylum seekers will be given a plane ticket and up to $3,500 for leaving.

Read the full article on African migrants at Al Jazeera