Our stance is clear: if there is no intention to remove a person from Israel, he should not be jailed without trial. In addition, asylum-seekers who've lived in Israel for many years must not be placed in...
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End Child Detention Project
01/04/2014Approximately 83,000 migrant workers and 52,000 asylum seekers live in Israel today. Due to the lack of migration policy in Israel, many of the said migrants reside in Israel with no legal status and no opportunity to...
Continue readingAn 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...
Continue readingDetained Asylum Seekers Pressured to Leave
23/03/2014Joint report with Human Rights Watch Publication date: March 2013 Israeli authorities are threatening detained Eritrean and Sudanese nationals, including asylum seekers, with prolonged detention to pressure them to leave Israel, Human Rights Watch and the Hotline...
Continue reading"The children are always bored. Always crying, yelling, anxious. Prison changes children. They are anxious, constantly talking and always stressed."
Continue readingClick here to download the report Publication Date: February 2008
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