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Sudanese Asylum Seekers Living in Israel
The Forum of Organizations for Refugee and Asylum Seekers, October 2020 About 6,200 Sudanese asylum seekers are living in Israel. By the...
Oct 24, 20206 min read
Over-policing certain populations
What do the stories of Eyad al-Hallaq, Yehuda Biadga, Solomon Teka, Shirel Habura, Yanki Rosenberg, Zissi Margoliot, Jafar Farah, and...
Jun 15, 20202 min read
Police Brutality towards Asylum Seekers in Tel Aviv
On 25.5.2002, a physical altercation took place between police officers and asylum seekers in the neighborhood of Neve Sha’anan in south...
Jun 1, 20201 min read
Deporting Sudanese Citizens Back to Lebanon
On 3.5.2020, it was published that five Sudanese citizens who had crossed the border between Lebanon and Israel had been deported to...
May 13, 20201 min read
Appointing Judges to the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals is a tribunal in the Ministry of Justice, which serves as the first systematic review on most issues of immigration...
May 7, 20202 min read
State Must Return Pay Taken from Asylum Seekers
In March of 2017, on behalf of seven asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan, The Worker’s Hotline for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Assaf -...
Apr 24, 20202 min read
For the First Time, Israel’s Supreme Court Recognized Refugees
Yesterday (9.2.2020), the Supreme Court approved a petition and ruled that a family that fled from its country, the Ivory Coast, must be...
Feb 10, 20202 min read
Sudanese asylum seeker applies for permanent status
Dear friends, Yesterday, the Tel Aviv District Court made a welcome, unprecedented ruling on a case I brought forward on behalf of a...
Sep 9, 20192 min read
Petah Tikva Municipality harasses asylum seekers
Recently, officials from Petah Tikva’s municipality have begun calling asylum seekers in the city demanding home visits, allegedly for...
Aug 20, 20192 min read
Enroll children of asylum seekers in schools
On July 9, 2019, 129 asylum seekers and immigrant residents from Petah Tikva, along with ACRI and ASSAF - Aid Organization for Refugees...
Jul 17, 20192 min read
Fighting for Freedom: 2,000 Years Ago to Today
Executive Director Sharon Abraham-Weiss at a protest holding sign that reads "We are all refugees." Sharon Abraham-Weiss Executive...
Apr 1, 20192 min read
Eritreans May Finally Be Recognized as Refugees
Eritrean citizens in Israel are in limbo. On the one hand, it is forbidden to deport them, but on the other they aren’t given anything....
Jan 30, 20193 min read
Court Verdict Based on Unverified Presumptions
In a ruling of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal that was published yesterday (August 14, 2018), the judge called on the state to deport...
Aug 14, 20182 min read
Ayelet Shaked’s Spin on the “Infiltrators”
The Minister of Justice published a new law memorandum that would end government-funded legal aid to “infiltrators.” There is only one...
May 8, 20184 min read
Update on the Deportation, March 2018
The Israeli government is not deporting asylum seekers to Eritrea or Sudan by force. For more than a decade Israeli government policy...
Apr 3, 20183 min read
Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel
Review – Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Eritrea and Sudan in Israel Physicians for Human Rights – Israel | ASSAF – Aid Organization...
Feb 1, 20187 min read
Don't Revoke Protection for Congolese Asylum Seekers
On December 30, 2008, human rights organizations petitioned the Jerusalem District Court to annul the Ministry of the Interior's decision...
Jan 31, 20182 min read
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