Hotel reps look for migrant workers at Holot

Representatives from several hotels near the Dead Sea are seen outside the Holot detention facility in the south, as they apparently seek migrant workers looking for a job in the hotel industry, Israel Radio reports.

An African illegal migrant walks with the Israeli flag following his release from the Holot Detention Centre in Israel's Negev desert, on August 25, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)
An African illegal migrant walks with the Israeli flag following his release from the Holot Detention Centre in Israel’s Negev desert, on August 25, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)

Six hundred asylum seekers were released today, in addition to 600 more who were released yesterday. The releases follow a High Court of Justice ruling earlier this month that migrants could not been detained by the state for more than 12 months.

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