Refugees in Israel

State Department 2019 Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - Input from ASSAF Date: 20.3.19 Source: ASSAF 2019 Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - Input from ASSAF - Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel, covering January-December 2018; submitted to the U.S Department of State. Annual Trafficking in Persons Report (2019) - Input from ASSAF
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“They Make Me Go Hungry so I Would Leave Israel” - Ramifications of the Deposit Law on Asylum Seekers at ASSAF (July 2018) Date: 9.8.18 Source: ASSAF A situation report by ASSAF on the ramifications of the Deposit Law on asylum seekers in Israel, following a year of its enforcement. “They Make Me Go Hungry so I Would Leave Israel” - Ramifications of the Deposit Law on asylum seekers at ASSAF (July 2018)
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Position paper: Women Asylum Seekers Victims of Domestic Violence (November 2015) Date: 9.7.18 Source: ASSAF Below is ASSAF's position paper on the topic of asylum seekers who are victims of domestic violence. Position paper: Asylum Seekers who are Victims of Domestic Violence - English - November 2015
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Abandoned: Single Mother Asylum Seekers in Israel (March 2016) Date: 9.7.18 Source: ASSAF The Abandoned report, issued in March 2016, addresses the difficult and complex situation of asylum seekers who are single mothers, as well as that of and their children. Abandoned: Single Mother Asylum Seekers in Israel (in Hebrew) - March 2016 Executive summary of Abandoned report (in English) - March 2016
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Briefing to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - October 2017 Date: 5.7.18 Source: ASSAF This report by ASSAF was submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination ahead of its review of Israel on Octob Briefing to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), October 2017
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State Comptroller Reports (2014, 2018) Date: 3.7.18 Source: ASSAF; The Forum for Refugee Rights in Israel Documents pertaining to the State Comptroller Reports of 2014 and 2018, which looked into Israel's handling and treatment of asylum seekers. State Comptroller Report: Foreigners not Subject to Deportation (May 2014) Position paper: State Comptroller Harshly Criticized Israel’s Handling of Asylum Requests (May 2018) Position paper: The State Continues to Neglect Asylum Seekers while Harming them and the Residents of South Tel Aviv (May 2018)
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Proposed "Override Clause" threatens to strip asylum seekers of basic protections under Israeli law Date: 2.7.18 Source: ASSAF ASSAF's position paper from June 2018 on the "Override Clause" against asylum seekers, promoted by Israeli Right-Wing parties. Override Clause June 2018.pdf
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Deportation is not a solution: alternative ways of handling the refugee issue in Israel Date: 15.6.18 Source: ASSAF and the Forum for Refugee Rights in Israel This document was issued in Hebrew by the member organizations of the Forum for Refugee Rights (ASSAF - Aid Organization for Refugees, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Amnesty International, Physicians for Human Rights, Kav La'Oved (Worker's Hotline) and ARDC - African Deportation is not a solution - alternative ways of handling the refugee issue.pdf
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Ten Steps to Integrate Asylum Seekers into Israeli Society and Rehabilitate South Tel Aviv Date: 13.6.18 Source: The economic programme for resolving the refugee issue Outline of the programme introduced by 64 leading business-people in Israel
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"Better a prison in Israel than dying on the way" - Testimonies of refugees who "voluntarily" departed Israel to Rwanda and Uganda and Gained Protection in Europe Date: 31.1.18 Source: Lior Birger, Shahar Shoham and Liat Boltzman A report based on a research conducted in Europe among Eritrean asylum seekers who have left Israel under pressure by the authoriti "Better a prison in Israel than dying on the way" - Testimonies report
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