Category: "Asylum-Seekers"

Written by: Elizabeth Tsurkov Israel is home to about 35,000 Eritrean asylum-seekers. While the Israeli government claims that they are work migrants, so as not to violate its own laws, Israel does not forcibly deport Eritreans back...

On September 22, the High Court of Justice voided the 4th amendment to the Anti-Infiltration Law (read a partial summary of the ruling in English). A year ago, the Knesset passed the 4th amendment to the Anti-Infiltration...

Written by: Noam Weiss and Elizabeth Tsurkov Hate crimes against asylum-seekers rarely receive media coverage or public attention in Israel, but they continue unabated and most of the perpetrators are never brought to justice. The victims are...

Adam (not his real name), a survivor of the genocide in Darfur, has been living in Israel for nine years. In early 2008 he did not received the temporary residency status all his Darfuri friends received due...

Following the completion of construction of the border fence along the Israeli-Egyptian border, the number of asylum-seekers attempting to cross in Israel significantly diminished, but the flow of people never stopped. During 2013, only 43 asylum-seekers succeeded...

Three months after the petition was filed, the Tribunal for Appeals rejected the petition. The Tribunal ruled that Tumuzgi is not helpless (as he sometimes does work), and therefore the decision to send his father to indefinite...