Yesterday evening (June 29), a large number of Immigration inspectors, Riot Police and special forces of the Yoav Unit raided a temporary protest encampment located near the Nitzana border crossing where about 750 asylum-seekers who have to...
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The State of Israel recognized a little over 200 refugees ever since it signed the Refugee Convention in 1954, but none of them are Sudanese nationals. You read it right – Israel hasn’t recognized even one of...
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 readingPublication date: March 2012 To download the report click here
Continue readingFollowing 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...
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