Employment

Israel Fails to Investigate Employers Who Stole Money From Over 1,000 Asylum Seekers Date: 9.8.20 Source: Haaretz, Lee Yaron Akbarat, an asylum seeker from Eritrea, worked as an office cleaner in Bnei Brak for 9 months. She was employed by Eldan, a company providing cleaning and maintenance services. She cleaned offices six days a week, working long hours: from 7 A.M. to 5 P.M. Sundays to Thursdays, and from 7 A.M.
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Portrait of a crisis: Asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv facing coronavirus Date: 30.4.20 Source: +972 Mag, Oren Ziv Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis in Israel, the plight of African asylum seekers, who are not entitled to assistance from the Israeli government, has been amplified.
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	Information about visas for refugees and asylum seekers during Coronavirus time Here you can find information about the common visas for refugees and asylum seekers in Israel: 2(a)5, A5 and B1.
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As coronavirus spreads, asylum seekers in Israel are on the brink of catastrophe Date: 18.3.20 Source: +972 Mag, Oren Ziv Asylum seekers in Israel are “on the brink of catastrophe” according to community members and activists, as the number of infections from the novel coronavirus in the country continues to climb.
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Coding Boot Camp Opens Door to Israeli Tech for African Asylum Seekers Date: 5.8.19 Source: Haaretz, Refaella Goichman “They took a few of us on a bus to Tel Aviv and dropped us off at the central bus station. I was 18 and a half and didn’t know what to do. I got to Jaffa and linked up with people who could help me.
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	The struggle against the Deposit Law The Deposit Law came into force in May 2017, and was enacted in order to apply a rigid mechanism of economic pressure on asylum seekers, that will force them to leave Israel. According to the law, employers of asylum seekers are required to deduct 20% of their employees’ basic salary and deposit the money in a special account, in addition to a sum of 16%, deducted from the employers. Asylum seekers will only have access to the funds deposited in this account upon their departure from Israel.
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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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Israeli Labor Federation reverses decision, allows asylum seekers to join Date: 14.6.18 Source: Haaretz, Or Kashti Togod Omer Adam of Sudan and Takalit Rishahi from Eritrea were the first African refugees admitted to the Histadrut labor federation as full members, after an agreement was reached Wednesday with refugee representatives.
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Business tycoons present asylum seeker integration plan Date: 23.5.18 Source: ynet, Amir Alon Sixty-four luminaries from Israel's business community wrote Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to outline a comprehensive plan for an economic-business solution to the asylum seeker problem, put together along with south Tel Aviv residents who oppose their expulsion.
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64 Leading businessmen submit plan to Netanyahu on how to solve asylum seeker crisis Date: 22.5.18 Source: Haaretz, Lee Yaron A group of leading Israeli businessmen has submitted a proposal to the government on how to solve the problem of African asylum seekers living in south
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