DETENTION OF MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ISRAEL
The 2019 Annual Monitoring Report, published by the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, offers a comprehensive analysis of the conditions in immigration detention in the facilities designated for undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. Detention and incarceration continue to be a central tool in Israel’s approach toward undocumented migrants within its borders. The 2019 report focuses on the identity of detainees held for prolonged periods in Israeli detention facilities and the legal basis of these detention practices.
The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants provides client services, legal action, and policy initiatives to create a just asylum system and a rights-based approach to migration law and policy.
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Table of contents
Introduction 1
Methodology 1
Background 3
The Identity of Those Held in Detention Facilities for Undocumented Migrants 3
Laws Regulating the Detention of Migrants 11
Immigration Detention Facilities 11
Saharonim 12
Givon 13
Yahalom 17
Prolonged Detention of Migrants and Asylum Seekers 26
Forcible Deportation 32
The Detention Review Tribunal for Undocumented Residents 37
Inattentiveness to Suspected Cases of Human Trafficking 39
Encouraging Detainees to Depart to a Third Country 40
Deficiencies in Translation of Hearings Conducted to Migrants Suspected of Illegal Residency 42
Women and Children in Detention Facilities 48
Individuals Denied Entry to Israel 55
Denial of Access to the Asylum System to Individuals Denied Entry to Israel 57
The Violation of the Right to Legal Representation of Attorney-Client Privilege 59
Denial of Communication with the Outside World 60
Violence/Brutality by Immigration Authority Inspectors 64
Summary and Recommendations 67