The State Comptroller’s Report published on May 8, 2018 notes a series of failings in the State’s treatment of asylum seekers in Israel. The Comptroller concludes: “The Comptroller’s office found numerous and significant flaws in the treatment...

The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants (HRM) is the only organization in Israel allowed entry into immigration detention facilities. Throughout 2017, Hotline representatives have monitored detention conditions in four facilities – Holot, Saharonim, Givon, and Yahalom. This...

Dear friends, Last week was my final week as the Executive Director of the Hotline. I was drawn to the Hotline because of my belief in the words, “that the true measure of any society can be...

According to the most recent data provided by the Israeli Administration of Border Crossings, Population and Immigration at the Ministry of Interior (MOI), about 35,000 asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan who entered Israel through Egypt, and...

First published in Haaretz Increased removal” is how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the weekly cabinet meeting Sunday, called the new policy in which asylum seekers will be required to choose between leaving Israel for Rwanda and...

Imagine having to sleep on the streets to reserve your place in a line for the following day just to be able to submit a form at a government office whose job it is to receive these...