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More Female Eritrean Asylum Seekers Working in Prostitution in Israel
The number of Eritrean women working as prostitutes in Israel soared last year to about 360 from about 200, according to data submitted by aid agencies to the Knesset subcommittee on human trafficking. The agencies voiced fears that the number of asylum seekers engaged in prostitution will grow in the absence of suitable treatment for trafficking […]
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UNHCR and Israel sign agreement to find solutions for Eritreans and Sudanese
02 April 2018 | Français | عربي UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the State of Israel today signed a Framework of Common Understanding to promote solutions for thousands of Eritreans and Sudanese living in Israel. A joint working group will be set up with a series of objectives and a timetable to implement solutions for some […]
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Israeli Interior Minister Confirms Israel Has Renewed Contacts With UN Over Asylum-seeker Deal
The government is in contact with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in an attempt to reach a new agreement on the status and departure African asylum seekers in Israel, Interior Minister Arye Dery told the State Control Committee on Wednesday morning. “The contacts with the UN [Refugee Agency] are continuing in an attempt […]
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Eritrean refugees in Israel sent to Uganda and Rwanda
Kampala, Uganda – The sky was still an inky black when the flight from Cairo touched down at Entebbe Airport near Kampala, the capital of Uganda, one morning in mid-January, the fluorescent glow spilling from the small terminal providing the only source of light. It had been 15 hours since Musgun Gebar left Tel Aviv, […]
Tags: Eritrean refugees, Israel, Rwanda, Uganda
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ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: “Silent crisis” as more Eritreans flee
Friday, 05 August 2011 16:21 IRIN ADDIS ABABA, 5 August 2011 (IRIN) – More and more Eritrean refugees, mostly educated young men, continue to arrive in Ethiopia, with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, expressing concern over the rising numbers. “Most say they left their country [to avoid] a prolonged military conscription, but they also say […]
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Stop Intolerance and the Criminalization of Refugees and Displaced Persons in Israel!
Friday, 01 June 2012 20:15 Abba Mussie Zerai source http://asmarino.com/articles/1428-stop-intolerance-and-the-criminalization-of-refugees-and-displaced-persons-in-israel Stop Intolerance and the Criminalization of Refugees and Displaced Persons in Israel! Express our concern and dismay at what is happening in Israel. A law that considers them ‘infiltrators’ and a hostile population. And this is the situation faced by African refugees seeking political asylum […]
Tags: Refugees
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