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ISRAEL Deportation of Migrants: arrest of first seven Eritreans who refuse to leave Israel
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- Creato: 21 Febbraio 2018
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Two of them survived torture in the Sinai. Refugees from the Holot detention center launch a hunger strike: "They are throwing our lives away". Israel wants to expel 15-20 thousand refugees, the prisons can only take 1,000.
Jerusalem (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Seven Eritrean refugees were arrested yesterday for refusing to leave Israel. They are the first to fall under the norm approved last January by the Israeli government, which had warned the tens of thousands of asylum seekers to leave the country by April or face prison. In protest against the arrests, the refugees detained in Holot camp have launched a hunger strike.