A/51/301 English Page 16 about 300,000 people per year into the territory of the United States of America, despite the use of electronic barriers and the strengthening of border patrols. The majority of those people are Mexican citizens. Mexico is also a stepping-stone for Chinese, Indian, Cubans and Russians, as well as for Central American migrants transported by traffickers in migrant workers. 32. Two particularly violent incidents have been condemned by the Mexican authorities: (a) On 1 April 1996, in Riverside County, California, two illegal immigrants were severely beaten when police officers caught them after a chase; (b) On 6 April 1996, also in Riverside County, seven Mexicans who had entered the United States of America illegally died in a road accident while attempting to escape from a border patrol. The Mexican authorities have called for a review of immigration control methods and legislation in the United States of America. However, the Mexican National Commission for Human Rights considers that migrants transiting through Mexico are also mistreated by Mexican immigration officers. In a study carried out in July 1996, the Commission notes that 67 per cent of illegal aliens were subjected to mistreatment, blows or threats. 33. It is therefore a complex situation, requiring mediation by the General Assembly. 34. In Israel, the integration of the Falashas (Ethiopian Jews) who arrived in the mid-1980s is not without problems. On 28 January 1996, 10,000 Ethiopian immigrants held a violent demonstration in Tel Aviv against the "racism and racial discrimination" to which they claim to have been subjected, and which were reflected, inter alia, by the rejection for several years of blood given by members of the Falasha community for transfusions, as revealed by the Ma’ariv newspaper in its edition of 24 January 1996. The policy has been defended by the Chairman of the National Committee on AIDS, on the grounds that the rate of HIV infection among Ethiopians is believed to be higher than among the general population; that assertion has not, however, been proved scientifically. The blood donor incident is said to be only one symptom of the difficulties experienced by the Falashas in becoming integrated into Israeli society. It is alleged that they have been subjected to "racism and humiliation" in the Israeli army and that some have been driven to suicide as a result. 12/ In the field of education, Ethiopian children and those of other Mizrahim 13/ are allegedly placed in specialized streams in secondary school, guiding them towards training in manual jobs and away from higher education. 14/ There is also allegedly some discrimination against the Falashas in the area of housing. The Special Rapporteur has passed on these allegations to the Israeli authorities and invited them to comment. 15/ The Israeli Government considers that the allegations of racial discrimination against the Ethiopian Jews in Israel are completely unfounded and are merely an attempt by those who have made them to exploit genuine and urgent social problems for political purposes. 16/ The Israeli Government also informed the Special Rapporteur of the creation of a Commission of Inquiry on blood donations by Ethiopians, chaired by a former President of the State of Israel, Mr. Yitzhak Navon, and made up of eminent Israelis and representatives of the Ethiopian community. The Special /...