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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Hotline for Refugees and Migrants

People walk on the road near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, as they flee fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu, May 24, 2022. Congolese authorities have accused Rwandan forces of supporting armed groups in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where dozens of such groups are active. Rwanda has described allegations of supporting rebels in Congo as baseless. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
September 12, 2022, 10:09 am
Court lifts protection for Congolese refugees, but slams Shaked’s ‘flawed’ decision
Community had been protected for 20 years; state pledges to check each case before deportation, won’t repatriate minors and their families to ‘volatile’ nation
By Sue Surkes and Omer Sharvit
African asylum seekers seen during a protest outside the Ministry of Interior in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 11 2014. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
August 19, 2020, 3:14 pm
Minister says Sudan deal to include sending back asylum seekers
Citing recent violence in the Darfur region, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants claims repatriation would endanger Sudanese refugees in Israel
By Sam Sokol
Mika and Maureen Velasco being arrested in August. (United Children of Israel, courtesy)
September 24, 2019, 5:50 pm
Israel’s crackdown on Filipino workers is driving some families into hiding
Recent wave of arrests and deportations of foreign workers and their Israel-born children has entire community living in fear
By Sam Sokol
Congolese activists demonstrate outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, calling for the Israeli government to disregard newly elected Congolese president Joseph Kabila and to support leader of opposition Etienne Tshisekedi as new president, on December 18, 2011. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
March 7, 2019, 6:36 pm
Interior minister delays planned deportation of Congolese migrants
Deri says ‘recent events’ in Congo mean asylum seekers may be in danger if Israel removes their group protection status; rights groups hail move
By ToI Staff
Congolese activists demonstrate outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on December 18, 2011, calling for the Israeli government to disregard newly elected Congolese president Joseph Kabila and support leader of opposition Etienne Tshisekedi instead. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 9, 2018, 6:19 pm
Congo migrants face deportation after Israel revokes group protection
Decision by interior minister made after consultations with Foreign Ministry, which found no ‘impediment to the expatriation’ of hundreds of Congolese citizens
By ToI Staff
Travellers seen being transferred from the airplane to the arrival hall of Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, on April 11, 2018. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
August 21, 2018, 8:46 pm
Israeli officials suspect fraud as Russian tourists’ asylum requests spike
Over 1,300 Russians claim political persecution prevents them from returning home in first half of 2018, up from just several claims per year before 2016
By ToI Staff
Eritrean migrant Ghrmay Negassi works at a barbershop in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 8, 2018. (Caron Creighton/AP)
August 15, 2018, 9:14 pm
African migrants reel as Israeli law cuts into their salaries
‘Deposit’ regulation requires that 20% of asylum seekers’ wages be paid into an account that can only be redeemed when they leave the country
By CARON CREIGHTON
Eritrean demonstrators chanted "Refugees, not infiltrators," outside of the Rwandan Embassy in Herzilya on January 22, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/ Times of Israel)
April 2, 2018, 10:52 am
Few jailed Eritrean army deserters freed, despite deputy AG’s instructions
Only 12 of 280 held asylum seekers reportedly released following court case, as migration authority chooses narrow interpretation of Dina Zilber’s orders
By Sue Surkes
Eritrean migrants protest in front of the European Union embassy in Ramat Gan, calling for the UN to try the Eritrean leadership for crimes against humanity, on June 21, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 6, 2016, 1:50 am
Court ruling gives hope to Eritrean asylum seekers
Judge says Interior Ministry’s blanket denial of asylum to Eritrean army deserters could contravene Refugee Convention
By Sue Surkes
Sudanese refugees demonstrate in front of the Knesset in protest of the new "Holot" detention camp for illegal migrants, on Monday, December 17, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 27, 2016, 12:45 am
After 3,165 requests, first Sudanese man gets Israeli refugee status
Mutasim Ali, 29, an activist from Darfur who arrived in 2009, says he hopes decision is a turning point, but official says it isn’t
By Melanie Lidman
From Silvina Landsmann's 'Hotline,' which won best documentary at the Jerusalem Film Festival (Courtesy 'Hotline')
July 27, 2015, 1:18 am
‘Hotline’ film is hands-off yet intense look at rights group
Silvina Landsmann’s prize-winning documentary chronicles the struggle to protect African asylum seekers in Israel
By Eric Cortellessa
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