Refugees, activists and employers have condemned the Israeli government for requiring asylum seekers to deposit 20 per cent of their salaries with the authorities to be repaid only when they leave the country, Haaretz has reported.
According to Kav L’Oved from the Workers Hotline, the new law which came into effect on 1 May also requires employers to deposit another 16 per cent of such salaries into a state fund. “The State of Israel knows it can’t forcibly expel asylum seekers who come from Eritrea and Sudan and doesn’t want to give them refugee status,” he explained, “so it is doing …read more
Source: Middle East Monitor
