Asylum seekers held in the Holot detention facility will finally have heat in the cold weather following legal action by the NIF network.

Legislators in Israel are proposing a new plan to detain African asylum seekers in Israel following September’s Supreme Court victory.

Following two years of detention, 138 African asylum seekers will finally be released.

In a major victory for human rights, Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that refugees can no longer be held indefinitely in detention camps.

A Supreme Court ruling offers a glimmer of hope for asylum seekers being held in the Holot Detention camp.

In the spirit of freedom that characterizes the holiday, NIF was one of the sponsors of a special Seder held just outside Holot Detention Facility in the Western Negev, where African refugees are now incarcerated.

This week, Israel’s Supreme Court is hearing a case on the detention of African asylum seekers filed by Hotline for Migrants and Refugees.

Following a protracted legal battle, 221 children of migrant workers will receive legal status to stay in Israel, the only home they’ve ever known.

A group of around 200 Sudanese asylum seekers marched to Jerusalem in an attempt to gain official recognition of their refugee statuses. Most of the marchers have been imprisoned for almost two years and none of their asylum requests – which were filed with the assistance of NIF grantee Hotline for Refugees and Migrants (previously Hotline for Migrant Workers) – have been answered. Following the protest, they were arrested and transferred to Saharonim Prison, where they will be detained for two months before being returned to the newly established Holot detention center.