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Sudanese refugees deported from Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel — Sitting on his bed in a cramped south Tel Aviv apartment, 28-year-old Adam Keala fishes a bright green Sudanese passport out of his backpack. Flipping to one of the pages, he points...
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Asylum seekers struggle to survive under Israeli restrictions
TEL AVIV, Jun 24 2013 (IPS) – Tesfahiwet Medin holds a university degree and experience as a nurse. But six years after escaping the violent dictatorship in his native Eritrea, the 39-year-old says he...
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Asylum seekers fear worse to come in Israel
As the Israeli government rapidly moves forward with a legislative amendment that would create “open detention centres” to hold thousands of African asylum seekers, human rights groups say the changes...
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Israel pushes for African migrant deportation
Tereza Maoun, a 38-year-old mother of six, fled her home in Juba, South Sudan last week when clashes broke out at a nearby military post. When she returned the next morning, she discovered that her...
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Report: Officials aid Sudan-Egypt trafficking
The Sudanese and Egyptian security services have helped traffickers kidnap and transfer Eritrean asylum seekers from eastern Sudan to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, where they are held for ransom and...
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Israel ‘coercing African migrants to leave’
The Israeli authorities have employed an “unlawful coercion policy” to force almost 7,000 African asylum seekers to leave Israel, putting them at risk of imprisonment and torture upon returning to...
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