ARDC Israel - Advancing the dignity of refugees in Israel

May 2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:41:12 +0000

ARDC Diversity Lottery Registration nets nine winners

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:23:36 +0000

Last October, ARDC embarked upon a new project within the relocation department. In light of the increasing barriers to refugee relocation in Western countries, we decided to run the first-ever Diversity Lottery Registration. ...

Update About the South Sudanese in Israel

Sun, 20 May 2012 11:48:15 +0000

The situation for South Sudanese in Israel is becoming increasingly difficult. On April 1, 2012, their group protection was ‘suspended’. A court order delayed impending deportations until April 15, 2012 and then again until May 6, 2012, ...

Sudanese asylum seekers wrongly identified as South Sudanese

Sun, 20 May 2012 11:30:05 +0000

Since early April, an increasing number of Sudanese asylum seekers, who do not originally come from the newly formed nation of South Sudan, are finding that their permits to remain in Israel are being revoked due to a basic geographical ...

Mounting Tensions between Refugees and Israelis

Sun, 20 May 2012 11:04:16 +0000

For the past three weeks, African residents have been living in fear after a spate of fire bomb attacks on refugee accommodations and businesses. Starting on the weekend after Israeli Independence Day, there have been seven separate ...

In Israel, African migrants under attack

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:34:47 +0000

Recent attacks against African asylum seekers in Tel Aviv are raising important questions for the state of Israel.

Survivor’s daughters gather stories for publication

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:53:41 +0000

‘Secrets in a Suitcase’ unlock mother’s tales of death and rescue

Caught in the Borderlands (Laurie Lijnders)

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:38:36 +0000

Numerous African asylum-seekers experience and bear witness to torture, kidnapping, extortion, rape, and organ removal during the journey to Israel. This dissertation explores the ways in which Eritrean asylum-seekers in Israel narrate their ...

Week after attacks, another African residence firebombed

Sun, 06 May 2012 18:14:54 +0000

Just a week after an Israeli threw Molotov cocktails at four apartments that are home to African refugees and an African kindergarten in the Shapira neighborhood of South Tel Aviv, another residence has been attacked with firebombs.

From asylum-seeker to community leader

Sun, 06 May 2012 05:49:07 +0000

As racial tensions mount, Ethiopian refugee Yohannes Bayu warns of a dangerous anti-African sentiment in Israel, and stresses the need for a constructive solution.