Israel announced on Tuesday that it will deport its approximately 7,000 Sudanese migrant workers because of South Sudan’s liberation. The migrants will be offered a “package” of $1,300 and a free ticket home. They have been asked leave by March 31st, and will be forcefully repatriated …
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Israel passes indefinite detention bill
January 15th, 2012
Deportation General Israel Legislation Prison
Israel’s parliament passed an incredibly controversial law last week that permits the unlimited, indefinite detention of migrants. The law amends a 1954 statute pertaining to guerrilla fighters penetrating the Israeli-Egyptian border. By sactioning the same wartime punishment against alleged terro...
Update on Israel’s Migrant Response
December 13th, 2011
Last week, we profiled Israel’s unfair treatment of African migrants and the illegal steps the government has implemented to deal with asylum seekers. This week, Israel took further steps to disfranchise refugees and illegal immigrants; the Knesset approved a 2% cut from all ministries to fund m...
Migrants in Israel receive less than a warm welcome
December 6th, 2011
On November 25, Eritreans protested in front of the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, expressing their discontent with the plight of African migrants in Israel. From their journey through their settlement in Israel, asylum seekers fleeing oppressive regimes face physical harm and discrimination from bot...
Challenges to establish Eritrean identity
July 15th, 2011
General Israel Legal cases Legislation Refugees
A recent case before the Tel Aviv Administrative Court highlighted the common misunderstandings which may occur when asylum seekers apply for protection in Israel. Tigset, an Eritrean asylum seeker, was ordered to leave Israel in March 2010. The Israeli Ministry of Interior (MoI) deemed her to be Et...
Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel unite
July 14th, 2011
General Israel Racism Refugees Slavery Trafficking
“I didn’t feel my country as my country. Every day my life was disturbed, I was suppressed. I could not live my life in such a way”. These are the words of Kidane Isaac who was caught attempting to flee Eritrea by the border police and sent to military prison in 2007. After four months, he and...
Israel: Migrants tell of grim conditions in holding facility for children
June 28th, 2011
Deportation Israel Prison Women
Two Israeli NGOs have launched a campaign against the deportation of migrant children, following the deportations of 26 children and their mothers and disturbing reports about the conditions in the holding facility in which the families are being held before being deported. The deportations are the ...
Is Any Country in The Middle East Safe for Migrant Workers?
June 2nd, 2011
Israel Oman Recruitment Agencies Workers
This week, the Philippine government determined that out of all the countries in the Middle East, only two - Oman and Israel – qualify as “safe” for its migrants. This decision becomes all the more shocking considering the low standards set by the Philippine government in order for...
Israeli High Court Forbids Deportation of Pregnant Migrant Workers
April 17th, 2011
In a landmark ruling, the Israeli High Court of Justice declared this week that the Israeli government’s “pregnant worker regulation” is “unconstitutional”, “disproportional and therefore unreasonable” and “must be abolished”. The regulation enta...
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