refugee status determination

Hassan Nahima (Photo by Yair Meyuhas)
It’s been 10 years since I applied for refugee status in Israel
It’s been exactly 10 years since I crossed the border into Israel. I’ve been imprisoned, I’ve become ill, I was forced to renew my visa 62 times, and now I’m back in a detention facility — Holot. Is seeking asylum a crime? By Hassan Rahima This Sunday marked 10 years since I applied for refugee…
By +972 Magazine December 8, 2015
African Asylum seekers march out of the Holot ‘open prison,’ where they were being held, and march along the highway from Beer Sheva in southern Israel on their way to Jerusalem, December 16, 2013. (Photo: Activestills.org)
The origins and politics of Israel’s refugee debate
An in-depth look at the historical and political developments that shaped Israel’s current African asylum-seeker crisis — and one way to resolve it that meets Israel’s own needs while doing right by those who most need its protection. African asylum seekers in Israel have brought their struggle into the limelight in recent weeks. Through acts…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man January 28, 2014
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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