ICERAS
ICERAS focuses on facilitating asylum seekers and refugees internationally
Deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers from Israel and the legality of relocation/transfer agreements
On 1 January 2018, the Israeli government announced plans to indefinitely detain or forcibly ‘relocate’ thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to ‘third countries’ in Sub-Saharan Africa, should they refuse to leave voluntarily (and receive a lump sum payment of USD 3500) by 31 March 2018. Israel’s Population, Immigration, and Border Authority (PIBA) advertised 100 new posts for inspectors to work in the ‘voluntary repatriation programme’ and others to enforce laws against asylum seekers and their employers (report(Opens in new window)). readmore
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