The Human Right’s organizations’ reponse to Ministers Erdan and Deri’s public statement on closing down Holot and deporting Asylum Seekers
The Human Rights Organizations’ (Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, ACRI – Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Amnesty International Israel, Kav LaOved, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, ASSAF Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers and ARDC) statement in reponse to Ministers Erdan and Deri’s public statement on closing down Holot and deporting Asylum Seekers
“The Holot detention centre, an issolated prison that was meant to make asylum seeker’s lives miserable, should have been forbidden in the first place. From the words of Minister Erdan it is clear that the government was lying to the High Court when they denied that the purpose of Holot was to make asylum seekers leave Israel. Holot needs to shut down immediately and instead of a policy of opression, lies to the High Court, detention and deportation, the government should fulfill the moral and legal obligations of Israel to protect asylum seekers and ensure their right to live in dignity.”