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Court prohibits detention of Sudanese refugees days before mass arrests begin
A Jerusalem court issued a temporary injunction on Thursday, prohibiting the detention of Sudanese refugees. The group was slated for arrest and forced transfer to a prison camp in the Negev desert beginning on October 15. The court’s move comes in response to an October 3 petition, filed by the Clinic for Migrants’ Rights at the…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat October 12, 2012
South Sudanese get last-minute reprieve from deportation
On Thursday, a Jerusalem District Court judge issued a temporary injunction preventing the Ministry of Interior from revoking the group protection of South Sudanese. The move effectively delays the deportation of South Sudanese refugees, which was set to begin today. Families, including Israeli-born children, are among those facing deportation to South Sudan. Human rights organizations say…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat March 31, 2012
African asylum seekers in Israel (photo: ActiveStills)
Amendment on African refugees would worsen a humanitarian crisis
“Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt” Deuteronomy 10:19. By Issa Edward Boursheh A new bill to be discussed in the Knesset Interior Committee on Monday would severely amend one of Israel’s main immigration laws, called the “Prevention of Infiltration Law.”  The law, aimed at African asylum seekers crossing…
By +972 Magazine November 13, 2011
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