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First set of asylum seekers refusing deportation jailed in Israel
The first set of Erithrean asylum seekers refusing deportation from Israel have been arrested according a rights group in the country.
Reports say seven Erithreans have been arrested and transferred to an Israeli prison indefinitely after refusing to be deported to Rwanda following a bill passed by the Israeli parliament in December authorising the government to force asylum seekers out of the country.
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“This is the first step in a what is a globally unprecedented deportation operation, a move tainted by racism and complete disregard for the life and dignity of asylum seekers,” the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants and ASSAF, two Tel Aviv-based refugee rights groups, said in a statement on Wednesday.
According to reports, the over 20,000 people who are not held in the country’s open detention facility risk being imprisoned indefinitely if they do not leave the country within 60 days.
The Israeli daily Haaretz reports that the first wave of notices were distributed to single male asylum seekers who are in the country without families on Sunday leaving out parents, women and children at least for now.
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