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File photo of Israeli border police arresting African asylum seekers during an arrest sweep in south Tel Aviv. (Photo: Keren Manor/ Activestills.org)
Knesset passes revised law for detention of African asylum seekers
The previous law was struck down by the High Court, which ordered the state to begin releasing the asylum seekers it was indefinitely detaining. Instead, the Knesset passed a law to circumvent the ruling and indefinitely detain asylum seekers in ‘open prisons.’ By Elizabeth Tsurkov After a passionate debate and a filibuster by opposition members of…
By +972 Magazine December 10, 2013
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