An Eritrean refugee described being detained in Holot: "When we ask for our rights here, they tell us we have no rights." He looked at me with pain in his eyes when he said: "just because we're...

"The children are always bored. Always crying, yelling, anxious. Prison changes children. They are anxious, constantly talking and always stressed."

Below is an edited version of a letter sent to the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants by five Eritrean asylum-seekers detained in Holot detention camp. This is the first post in a series of posts that will...

After four years of unyielding struggle, we were notified on February 11 that our efforts bore fruit – The Minister of Interior, Gideon Saar, announced that 221 migrant families that are still awaiting a response regarding their...

Following the passing of the new amendment to the Anti-Infiltration Law, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) significantly stepped up effort to make the lives of asylum-seekers in Israel miserable. The MoI greatly reduced the number of stay...

Thousands flee Eritrea each month, escaping life-long servitude in the so-called “National Service”