Human Rights Watch called on the Israeli Supreme Court to forbid the IDF to continue forcibly returning to Egypt refugees and migrants who cross the Sinai border. In the current policy, Israel doesn’t allow the migrants to seek asylum, forcing them instead to return to Egypt. In Egypt, the Afr…
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HRW: Israel is Complicit in Egyptian Abuses of Forcibly Returned Migrants
December 15th, 2009
Iraqi Refugees Face Exploitation in Lebanon
December 14th, 2009
Abusive employers Iraq Lebanon Refugees
The Daily Star reported today about the possible exploitation refugees from Iraq face in Lebanon. Following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, many Iraqis fled the country and about 50,000 of them settled in Lebanon. Christian Iraqis saw Lebanon as an attractive destination due to its large Christian p...
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