Category: "Asylum-Seekers"

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...

May 8, 2018 Download the full position paper NGO Position Paper on the State Comptroller's findings regarding the RSD process by Hotline for Refugees and Migrants – Israel on Scribd

Download the full report by clicking here December 2016 Forgotten in Prison: The Prolonged Detention of Migrants by Hotline for Refugees and Migrants – Israel on Scribd

In 2010, the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants first identified asylum-seekers jailed in Saharonim prison who described enduring torture and being forced to work without pay in Sinai en route to Israel. The Sinai-based smugglers would torture...

Download the full report by clicking here December 2016 Reappears: New Testimonies from Sinai by Hotline for Refugees and Migrants – Israel on Scribd

The new monitoring report from the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants assess the four detention facilities which currently hold around 5,000 asylum-seekers and migrants: Saharonim Prison, Givon Prison, the Holot Open-Detention Facility, and the Yahalom Facility located in...