“A REFUGEE SHOULD NOT BE RETURNED TO A COUNTRY WHERE THEY FACE THREATS TO THEIR LIFE AND FREEDOM” (Refugee Convention, 1951) By signing the 1951 Refugee Convention, which appears as Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an overwhelming majority of nations conceded that: “A person who owing to a well-founded fear of beingContinue reading “Refugee Convention”
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Removal of African Immigrants from Israel
On February 4, the Israeli Interior Ministry issued notices to asylum seekers renewing their two month visa, to “leave” the country or face imprisonment in Saharonim Prison. In typical political double speak, Netanyahu instructed government to refer to the ultimatum as a ‘removal’ not ‘deportation.’
Refugee Matters 