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UN’s refugee body confirms talks with Israeli and foreign governments on a deal that would enable some asylum seekers to stay in Israel permanently, resettle others By Melanie Lidman 7 February 2018, 8:12 pm 19 560shares African asylum seekers and rights activists protest against deportation in front of the Rwandan Embassy in Herzliya, on February […]

African Deportations Are Creating a Religious Controversy in Israel Thousands of vulnerable migrants may soon be deported, which many Jews see as inconsistent with their faith. A migrant from Eritrea gestures during a protest in Israel. Baz Ratner / Reuters Emma Green Jan 30, 2018 Global Share Tweet LinkedIn Email Print Text Size TEL AVIV—Around […]

Israel begins handing out deportation notices to African migrants Eritrean, Sudanese asylum seekers to be expatriated to unnamed country that has ‘developed tremendously’ in the last decade, notices say By Tamar Pileggi and Michael Bachner Today, 9:16 amUpdated at 12:26 pm 8 967shares Eritrean migrants protest in front of the European Union embassy in Ramat […]

  New research report: “Better a prison in Israel than dying on the way”: Testimonies of refugees who “voluntarily” departed Israel to Rwanda and Uganda and gained protection in Europe (English): https://drive.google.com/…/11bR_8cski2tRDczmQBfTI6GHUu…/view Hebrew: https://drive.google.com/…/1K-0p9yvba0DNdBISvL6ZhWQ2G…/view… “Better a prison in Israel than dying on the way”, stated the Eritrean refugees we interviewed in Europe, their eyes full […]

El Al pilots refuse to fly African asylum seekers being deported Move mostly symbolic as Israeli airline does not fly directly to Rwanda or Uganda, and deportees usually fly on other airlines through Ethiopia or Jordan By TOI staff and Melanie Lidman Today, 6:38 pm 3 1K shares Illustrative: The first Dreamliner purchased by El […]

Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers in Israel will be forced to accept a plane ticket to unsafe countries or face indefinite prison Togod Omar has been waiting for a decision on his asylum application for five years (Tessa Fox/MEE) Tessa Fox Wednesday 17 January 2018 13:00 UTC Last update: Friday 19 January 2018 16:33 UTC […]

Credits: Tiger Nest Films  |  16 January 2018 source http://www.unhcr.org/ Couple spend time making sculpture and reading with Eritrean guest The Parles host 72-year-old Yonasskindis, who was on the verge of homelessness after his original asylum request was rejected. By Nadine Alfa  |  16 January 2018 Hilary Parle, a retired family doctor, and her husband Jim, a professor of family medicine, […]

When Ella and her cousin reached a refugee camp in Sudan, it seemed to herald safety. Instead, it was the start of an all too familiar ordeal Global development is supported by About this content Sally Hayden Fri 19 Jan 2018 13.07 GMT Last modified on Fri 19 Jan 2018 13.24 GMT Shares 118   It was […]

by Diane Taylor  Information downplayed rights abuses and meant some Eritrean children in Calais were refused entry to UK The government downplayed the risk of human rights abuses in one of the world’s most repressive regimes in an attempt to reduce asylum seeker numbers despite doubts from its own experts, internal documents have revealed. Home […]

 By AFP – 22 November 2017 – 12:05  A man holds a placard reading “No to slavery in Libya” during a march against “slavery in Libya” on November 18, 2017 in Paris. Image: GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT After months on the road into exile and inside the hell of Libyan jails, migrants rescued by the […]