Category: "Anti-Infiltration Law"

The newly released report from the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, titled “Rwanda or Saharonim”, exposes the situation of asylum seekers detained in Holot, some who have been there for as long as 19 months. Their detention...

Download the full report Published in July 2015

The purpose of all these different policies is to pressure asylum-seekers to leave without forcibly returning them to their homelands. Ministry of Interior representatives, outside and especially inside detention facilities, pressure asylum-seekers to "agree" to leave to...

The following is a redacted version of an affidavit that was attached to a petition filed by Israeli human rights NGOs and the Tel Aviv University Refugee Rights’ Clinic against the recently announced policy of indefinitely incarcerating...

A new report published by Hotline for Refugees and Migrants and ASSAF – aid organization for refugees and asylum seekers in Israel, exposes consequential flaws in the “voluntary” return procedure, under which 9,026 African asylum seekers have...

Written by: Elizabeth Tsurkov Asylum-seekers who reside in Israel have to renew their visa every one to two months. Without a valid visa, asylum-seekers cannot work, access their bank accounts, and most importantly, face arrest and detention...