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| “Dictatorship Beyond Borders” – Report about the long arm of the Eritrean regime in Israel Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 16 May 2024 |
“Dictatorship Beyond Borders” – Report about the long arm of the Eritrean regime in Israel | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20240516 |
| The Influence of the New Israeli Government Policy on Refugees Refugee Forum 2 May 2023 |
The Influence of the New Israeli Government Policy on Refugees | Refugee Forum | 20230502 |
| Ethiopian Slavery Victims Arriving in Israel through Jordan Hotline for Refugee and Migrants 1 May 2023 |
Ethiopian Slavery Victims Arriving in Israel through Jordan | Hotline for Refugee and Migrants | 20230501 |
| One year into the war, Israel is still withholding adequate health and welfare services from Ukrainian refugees Refugee Forum 1 Mar 2023 |
One year into the war, Israel is still withholding adequate health and welfare services from Ukrainian refugees | Refugee Forum | 20230301 |
| Status of Refugees in Israel Refugee Forum 1 Mar 2023 |
Status of Refugees in Israel | Refugee Forum | 20230301 |
| The Influence of the New Israeli Government Policy on Refugees Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 1 Jan 2023 |
The Influence of the New Israeli Government Policy on Refugees | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20230101 |
| Detention of Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Israel: Annual Monitoring Report: 2021 Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 22 Dec 2022 |
Detention of Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Israel: Annual Monitoring Report: 2021 | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20221222 |
| Refugees from Africa: Situation Report December 2022 Refugee Forum 1 Dec 2022 |
Refugees from Africa: Situation Report December 2022 | Refugee Forum | 20221201 |
| “Nothing Will Ever Be Enough: The substansive Flaws in the Examination of Asylum Applications of Eritreans in Israel Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 2 Nov 2022 |
“Nothing Will Ever Be Enough: The substansive Flaws in the Examination of Asylum Applications of Eritreans in Israel | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20221102 |
| Female Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Israel – September 2022 ASSAF 1 Sep 2022 |
Female Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Israel – September 2022 | ASSAF | 20220901 |
| Legal Status of Children of Asylum Seekers in Israel and Worldwide Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 1 Jun 2022 |
Legal Status of Children of Asylum Seekers in Israel and Worldwide | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20220601 |
| Children of asylum seekers in Israel: mapping of key educational issues and needs ASSAF and The Garden Library 1 Jun 2020 |
Children of asylum seekers in Israel: mapping of key educational issues and needs | ASSAF and The Garden Library | 20200601 |
| Human Rights Watch world report: Sudan events of 2019 Human Rights Watch 1 Jan 2020 |
Human Rights Watch world report: Sudan events of 2019 | Human Rights Watch | 20200101 |
| Human Rights in Africa- Review of 2019 Amnesty International 1 Jan 2020 |
Human Rights in Africa- Review of 2019 | Amnesty International | 20200101 |
| Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel: An Overview (2019) ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 1 Jan 2020 |
Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel: An Overview (2019) | ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20200101 |
| Health and Welfare Services to Asylum Seekers - Situation Reports (2018) ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 21 Nov 2019 |
Health and Welfare Services to Asylum Seekers - Situation Reports (2018) | ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20191121 |
| Asylum Seekers in Israel - Situation Report (August 2019) ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 31 Oct 2019 |
Asylum Seekers in Israel - Situation Report (August 2019) | ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20191031 |
| 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Eritrea US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor 1 Jan 2019 |
2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Eritrea | US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor | 20190101 |
| World Report of 2020, Eritrea- Events of 2019 Human Rights Watch 1 Jan 2019 |
World Report of 2020, Eritrea- Events of 2019 | Human Rights Watch | 20190101 |
| Enforcement of the Deposit Law for Asylum Seekers ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 1 Dec 2018 |
Enforcement of the Deposit Law for Asylum Seekers | ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20181201 |
| Sinai Perils: Risks to Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers in Egypt and Israel Human Rights Watch 12 Nov 2018 |
Sinai Perils: Risks to Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers in Egypt and Israel | Human Rights Watch | 20181112 |
| You are here Home Deportation to Eritrea Endangers Lives – No Improvement in Human Rights Conditions There ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 1 Nov 2018 |
You are here Home Deportation to Eritrea Endangers Lives – No Improvement in Human Rights Conditions There | ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20181101 |
| Falling on Deaf Ears: Asylum Proceedings in Israel Hotline for Refugee and Migrants 1 Oct 2018 |
Falling on Deaf Ears: Asylum Proceedings in Israel | Hotline for Refugee and Migrants | 20181001 |
| Sudan Query Response: The Situation in Khartoum and Omdurman - An update Asylum Research Centre (ARC) 13 Sep 2018 |
Sudan Query Response: The Situation in Khartoum and Omdurman - An update | Asylum Research Centre (ARC) | 20180913 |
| Freedom in the World 2018 - South Sudan Freedom House 5 Sep 2018 |
Freedom in the World 2018 - South Sudan | Freedom House | 20180905 |
| “They Make Me Go Hungry so I Would Leave Israel” - Ramifications of the Deposit Law on Asylum Seekers ASSAF 9 Aug 2018 |
“They Make Me Go Hungry so I Would Leave Israel” - Ramifications of the Deposit Law on Asylum Seekers | ASSAF | 20180809 |
| Human Rights and Democracy Report 2017 - South Sudan United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 16 Jul 2018 |
Human Rights and Democracy Report 2017 - South Sudan | United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 20180716 |
| Country Policy and Information Note Sudan: Return of unsuccessful asylum seekers, Version 4.0 United Kingdom: Home Office 1 Jul 2018 |
Country Policy and Information Note Sudan: Return of unsuccessful asylum seekers, Version 4.0 | United Kingdom: Home Office | 20180701 |
| Country Policy and Information Note: Eritrea: National service and illegal exit , Version 5.0 United Kingdom: Home Office 1 Jul 2018 |
Country Policy and Information Note: Eritrea: National service and illegal exit , Version 5.0 | United Kingdom: Home Office | 20180701 |
| Israel: Forced and unlawful: Israel's deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers to Uganda Amnesty International 18 Jun 2018 |
Israel: Forced and unlawful: Israel's deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers to Uganda | Amnesty International | 20180618 |
| Deportation is not a solution: alternative ways of handling the refugee issue in Israel ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 15 Jun 2018 |
Deportation is not a solution: alternative ways of handling the refugee issue in Israel | ARDC, ACRI, ASSAF, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, Kav LaOved , Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20180615 |
| Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence UN Security Council 23 Mar 2018 |
Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence | UN Security Council | 20180323 |
| Immigration Detention in Israel: Annual Monitoring Report - 2017 Hotline for Refugee and Migrants 1 Mar 2018 |
Immigration Detention in Israel: Annual Monitoring Report - 2017 | Hotline for Refugee and Migrants | 20180301 |
| “Better a prison in Israel than dying on the way” – Testimonies of refugees who left Israel for Rwanda and Uganda and received protection in Europe Hotline for Refugee and Migrants 2 Feb 2018 |
“Better a prison in Israel than dying on the way” – Testimonies of refugees who left Israel for Rwanda and Uganda and received protection in Europe | Hotline for Refugee and Migrants | 20180202 |
| World Report of 2019, Eritrea- Events of 2018 Human Rights Watch 1 Jan 2018 |
World Report of 2019, Eritrea- Events of 2018 | Human Rights Watch | 20180101 |
| Knocking at the Gate: Flawed Access to the Asylum System due to the influx of applicants from the Ukraine and Georgia Hotline for Refugee and Migrants 8 Nov 2017 |
Knocking at the Gate: Flawed Access to the Asylum System due to the influx of applicants from the Ukraine and Georgia | Hotline for Refugee and Migrants | 20171108 |
| "This is Not a Place for Children": The Lives of the Children of Asylum-Seekers in South Tel Aviv (English) The Garden Library 1 Nov 2017 |
"This is Not a Place for Children": The Lives of the Children of Asylum-Seekers in South Tel Aviv (English) | The Garden Library | 20171101 |
| "This is Not a Place for Children": The Lives of the Children of Asylum-Seekers in South Tel Aviv (Tigrinya) The Garden Library 1 Nov 2017 |
"This is Not a Place for Children": The Lives of the Children of Asylum-Seekers in South Tel Aviv (Tigrinya) | The Garden Library | 20171101 |
| "Ye Shall Have One Law” – Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers Implicated in Criminal Activity Hotline for Refugee and Migrants 7 Oct 2017 |
"Ye Shall Have One Law” – Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers Implicated in Criminal Activity | Hotline for Refugee and Migrants | 20171007 |
| Immigration Detention in Israel: Annual Monitoring Report 2016 Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 4 May 2017 |
Immigration Detention in Israel: Annual Monitoring Report 2016 | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20170504 |
| Forgotten in Prison: The Prolonged Detention of Migrants Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 25 Dec 2016 |
Forgotten in Prison: The Prolonged Detention of Migrants | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20161225 |
| Not Passive Victims: A November 2016 PHRI Report Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 6 Dec 2016 |
Not Passive Victims: A November 2016 PHRI Report | Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20161206 |
| Reappears: New Testimonies from Sinai Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 4 Dec 2016 |
Reappears: New Testimonies from Sinai | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20161204 |
| 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report - Israel United States Department of State 30 Jun 2016 |
2016 Trafficking in Persons Report - Israel | United States Department of State | 20160630 |
| I Am Alive, But Dead Inside: Sinai Torture Victims Speak Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 28 Jun 2016 |
I Am Alive, But Dead Inside: Sinai Torture Victims Speak | Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20160628 |
| Abandoned: Single Mother Asylum Seekers in Israel (March 2016) ASSAF 1 Mar 2016 |
Abandoned: Single Mother Asylum Seekers in Israel (March 2016) | ASSAF | 20160301 |
| Immigration Detention in Israel: Yearly Monitoring 2015 Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 29 Feb 2016 |
Immigration Detention in Israel: Yearly Monitoring 2015 | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20160229 |
| The Labyrinth: Migration, Status and Human Rights Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 5 Jan 2016 |
The Labyrinth: Migration, Status and Human Rights | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20160105 |
| Deported to the Unknown: Monitoring report summarizing findgings of affidavits signed by asylum seekers in Uganda during August 2015 and testimonies gathered since Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 7 Dec 2015 |
Deported to the Unknown: Monitoring report summarizing findgings of affidavits signed by asylum seekers in Uganda during August 2015 and testimonies gathered since | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20151207 |
| Just Deserters: Why Indefinite National Service In Eritrea Has Created A Generation Of Refugees Amnesty International 1 Dec 2015 |
Just Deserters: Why Indefinite National Service In Eritrea Has Created A Generation Of Refugees | Amnesty International | 20151201 |
| “I was left with nothing”: “Voluntary” departures of asylum seekers from Israel to Rwanda and Uganda International Refugee Rights Initiative 1 Sep 2015 |
“I was left with nothing”: “Voluntary” departures of asylum seekers from Israel to Rwanda and Uganda | International Refugee Rights Initiative | 20150901 |
| Rwanda or Saharonim: Monitoring Report - Asylum Seekers at the Holot Facility Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 5 Jul 2015 |
Rwanda or Saharonim: Monitoring Report - Asylum Seekers at the Holot Facility | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20150705 |
| Where there is No Free Will: Israel’s “Voluntary Return” procedure for asylum-seekers ASSAF and Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 1 Apr 2015 |
Where there is No Free Will: Israel’s “Voluntary Return” procedure for asylum-seekers | ASSAF and Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20150401 |
| Freedom in the World 2015 - Sudan Freedom House 31 Mar 2015 |
Freedom in the World 2015 - Sudan | Freedom House | 20150331 |
| Trafficking In Persons in Israel: 2015 Monitoring Report Hotline for Refugees and Migrants 1 Jan 2015 |
Trafficking In Persons in Israel: 2015 Monitoring Report | Hotline for Refugees and Migrants | 20150101 |
| No Safe Haven: Israeli asylum policy as applied to Eritrean and Sudanese citizens Hotline for Migrant Workers 1 Dec 2014 |
No Safe Haven: Israeli asylum policy as applied to Eritrean and Sudanese citizens | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20141201 |
| The Detention Review Tribunals Hotline for Migrant Workers 1 Dec 2014 |
The Detention Review Tribunals | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20141201 |
| "Make Their Lives Miserable" - Israel’s Coercion of Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers to Leave Israel Human Rights Watch 9 Sep 2014 |
"Make Their Lives Miserable" - Israel’s Coercion of Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers to Leave Israel | Human Rights Watch | 20140909 |
| Managing the Despair: Monitoring report - asylum seekers at the Holot facility Hotline for Migrant Workers and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 1 Sep 2014 |
Managing the Despair: Monitoring report - asylum seekers at the Holot facility | Hotline for Migrant Workers and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20140901 |
| “From One Prison to Another”: Holot Detention Facility Hotline for Migrant Workers 10 Jun 2014 |
“From One Prison to Another”: Holot Detention Facility | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20140610 |
| Far From Sight: Migrants and Asylum-Seekers Detained In Israeli Criminal Prisons Hotline for Refugees and Workers 19 Feb 2014 |
Far From Sight: Migrants and Asylum-Seekers Detained In Israeli Criminal Prisons | Hotline for Refugees and Workers | 20140219 |
| “Streamlining the Process”: On the Mistreatment of Asylum Seekers by the Immigration Authority When They Renew Their Restricted Release Permits Hotline for Migrant Workers 1 Feb 2014 |
“Streamlining the Process”: On the Mistreatment of Asylum Seekers by the Immigration Authority When They Renew Their Restricted Release Permits | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20140201 |
| Detained Asylum Seekers Pressured to Leave Hotline for Migrant Workers 13 May 2013 |
Detained Asylum Seekers Pressured to Leave | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20130513 |
| “Do Not Send Us So We Can Become Refugees Again” African Refugee Development Center and Hotline for Migrant Workers 13 Feb 2013 |
“Do Not Send Us So We Can Become Refugees Again” | African Refugee Development Center and Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20130213 |
| Israel: Asylum Seekers Blocked at Border Hotline for Migrant Workers, Human Rights Watch, and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 28 Oct 2012 |
Israel: Asylum Seekers Blocked at Border | Hotline for Migrant Workers, Human Rights Watch, and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20121028 |
| Tortured in Sinai, Jailed in Israel Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 2 Oct 2012 |
Tortured in Sinai, Jailed in Israel | Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20121002 |
| “Cancer in Our Body”: On Racial Incitement, Discrimination and Hate Crimes against African Asylum-Seekers in Israel, January-June 2012 Hotline for Migrant Workers 13 Jul 2012 |
“Cancer in Our Body”: On Racial Incitement, Discrimination and Hate Crimes against African Asylum-Seekers in Israel, January-June 2012 | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20120713 |
| The Shelters in Israel for Survivors of Human Trafficking Hotline for Migrant Workers 1 Jun 2012 |
The Shelters in Israel for Survivors of Human Trafficking | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20120601 |
| Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination– Israel Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 9 Mar 2012 |
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination– Israel | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) | 20120309 |
| Until Our Hearts Are Completely Hardened: Asylum Procedures in Israel Hotline for Migrant Workers 2 Mar 2012 |
Until Our Hearts Are Completely Hardened: Asylum Procedures in Israel | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20120302 |
| “The Dead of the Wilderness”: Testimonies from Sinai Desert, 2010 Hotline for Migrant Workers 12 Feb 2011 |
“The Dead of the Wilderness”: Testimonies from Sinai Desert, 2010 | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20110212 |
| Human Trafficking in Israel, 2008-2009: Legislation, Enforcement, and Case Law Hotline for Migrant Workers 1 Dec 2009 |
Human Trafficking in Israel, 2008-2009: Legislation, Enforcement, and Case Law | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20091201 |
| “No Harm Was Caused to the Deceased”: The Response of the Israeli Legal System to Human Trafficking in 2007 Hotline for Migrant Workers 1 Feb 2008 |
“No Harm Was Caused to the Deceased”: The Response of the Israeli Legal System to Human Trafficking in 2007 | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20080201 |
| “Another Delivery From Tashkent”: Profile of the Israeli Trafficker Hotline for Migrant Workers 1 Oct 2007 |
“Another Delivery From Tashkent”: Profile of the Israeli Trafficker | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20071001 |
| The Legalization of Prostitution: Myth and Reality. A Comparative Study of Four Countries Hotline for Migrant Workers 12 Jan 2007 |
The Legalization of Prostitution: Myth and Reality. A Comparative Study of Four Countries | Hotline for Migrant Workers | 20070112 |
| Israel - A Safe Haven? Problems in the Treatment Offered by the State of Israel to Refugees and Asylum Seekers Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel 1 Sep 2003 |
Israel - A Safe Haven? Problems in the Treatment Offered by the State of Israel to Refugees and Asylum Seekers | Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | 20030901 |
