Published: 28 May 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
The news came in a response to petitions against the state demanding that it decide on individual asylum applications from members of this population or grant them special humanitarian status as a group.
The new status for the 300 Sudanese is identical to that of an individual who has been recognised as a refugee. It will give these individuals the right to work in Israel and to receive social benefits such as national health insurance. In addition, they will be permitted to return to Israel after leaving the country.
FULL STORY Israel to give 300 asylum seekers from Sudan temporary residence (Haaretz)
Photo: Darfuri asylum seekers attending a festival in south Tel Aviv (Daniel Bar-On)
