Year: "2015"

The pressure exerted on asylum-seekers in Israel is multifaceted and includes bureaucratic hurdles and abuse by the Ministry of Interior, which make the lives of asylum-seekers outside of detention in Israel very difficult. Haile (not her real...

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...

Cumulative failings of the Israeli Ministry of Interior kept Semere in detention for eight months and four years without a visa. Thanks to the Hotline’s intervention, Semere is now free, but frustrated that his basic rights and...

In 2006, Israel enacted a comprehensive law banning human trafficking in its various forms. Israel is also a signatory of the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons and several other conventions against this...

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...

Dozens of asylum-seekers have been arrested in Israel in the past three weeks for not holding a valid visa – after the Ministry of Interior have been refusing, in the past two months, to renew visas of...