The Israeli government is to establish Concentration camps in the south of the country, where illegal migrant workers will receive shelter, food and medical care, Army Radio reported Wednesday.

In exchange, illegal migrants would perform manual labour outside the camps, but would not earn a salary.

They would stay at the camp until their asylum claims are decided, which could take months or years.

The proposal, part of the effort to address the problems posed by illegal migrants, would place asylum seekers at jobs in communities in the Negev and Arava. Their salaries would go to the state, in order to fund the camps.