Refugee and Asylum Seekers

New Regulations for the Employment of Asylum-Seekers in Israel – Kav LaOved Policy Brief

In Broad Daylight: The Deposit Law – Implementation & Impact

Kav LaOved 2018 Report: The Highest Number of Palestinian and Migrant Workers this Decade – Most of them Pay to Work in Israel

KLO’s June Achievements: a First Report About Work Accidents in All Sectors of The Workforce, The State Reveals Information on Asylum Seekers Deposit

This month at Kav LaOved: Hundreds of millions of Shekels are stolen from asylum seekers, fatalities in the construction sector reach record high

New Report: Hundreds of Millions of Shekels Gone Missing Under the Deposit Law

Trapped in a Limbo

Let’s Talk About Regulation 116A

A chronicle of labor rights violations – this is Lola’s story

August Newsletter – Who is making bank off the backs of migrant and Palestinian workers?

This is how the Deposit Law abuses asylum seekers: over 58% of asylum seekers now earn less than minimum wage

“Israel-bluff” – The State Fails to Implement Its Own Law and Workers Pay the Price

“We cannot blame foreigners for all of our country’s problems.”

“Under the Guise of Law, Money is Being Stolen”: the State Again Fails to Deal with Asylum Seekers – Ynet Article

Deposit Law Fraud: Employers Deduct Money From Asylum Seekers’ Wages, Yet Pocket It for Themselves – TheMarker Article

High Court of Justice Has Instructed the State to Explain Why the Deposit Fund Measure for Asylum Seekers is Not Being Cancelled – Haaretz Article

The Deposit Fund for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and its destructive consequences

Israel’s New Tactic for Forcing Out African Refugees: Dock Their Wages – +972 Magazine Article

Rights Groups Ask Court to Scrap Deductions From Asylum Seekers’ Salaries – Haaretz Article

Israel Must Provide Asylum Seekers With a Solution – Haaretz Article

Everything You Should Know About Eritreans in Israel – in Cooperation with the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants

“I Need the Money, I Worked for It, It’s Mine” -Local Call Article

Second and Third Readings Approved for a Law Steeply Deducting Funds from Asylum Seeker Wages

Are Asylum Seekers Allowed to Work in Israel?

In August, in light of the Supreme Court decision, hundreds of...

To Work at All Costs

The report points out that the reduction in child allowances and...

The Coalition Agreement Will Cause Severe Violations of Migrant Workers’ Rights

Allegations Made by Human Rights Organizations are Confirmed by the State Comptroller

Refugee Day 2015

We met Tesafay (ficticious name) at the Holot detention facility where...

New Report on Asylum Seeking Working Women in Israel

In light of international women's day, KLO is issuing a report...

The Feminization of Migration

In the last 50 years, women’s international migration has expanded in...

Cancelation of Credit Points on Income Tax for Non-Israelis

We received many inquiries from working Asylum Seekers that a big...

Synchronization of the Systems only Works against Female Workers

\ Hanna Zohar, founder of "Worker's Hotline," talks about the difficulties facing...

Lack of Data Makes it Easy to Exploit Workers

A new study reveals that municipalities in Israel do not collect...

NII Insensitivity towards Non-Israeli Workers

National Insurance Institute encumbers medical treatment to workers who are not...

5th Amendment of Anti-Infiltration Law is Not a Solution

Israeli human rights organizations in response to the passing of the...

The Dark Bleach is the Most Painful

Complaints reported to Kav LaOved point to incidents of work injuries...

Israel seeks to fine African asylum seekers’ employers

State initiative taxation on the employment of asylum seekers reaching up to 30% of their salaries

Foreign workers are the new Kibbutzniks

Response to HCJ Ruling to Close Holot

The response of the petitioners, the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants,...

The High Court held: Holot facility is closed, you can not imprison year infiltrators

The High Court ruled: Do not imprison asylum seekers a year – without trial

Asylum seekers: welcome the decision of the High Court, afraid of what lies ahead

The High Court ruled: The infiltrators could hold facility “Holot” closed

We are left without tools against infiltrators

In dramatic ruling, High Court rejects Israel’s policies on illegal migrants

Presentation: Safety and Health at Work

Following Kav LaOved's meeting with EU-OSHA, we have created an interactive...

“There is no general policy for dealing with asylum seekers”

The State Comptroller points to deficiencies and lack of planning to...

Opinion: Asylum seekers are entitled to severance pay

Workers who were summoned to the Holot Detention Center and subsequently...

Worker Exploitation: How the State Supports Businesses

In honor of May Day we lift our heads to confront...

Supporting Eritrean Women Workers

Eritrean women are among the most marginalized in the Israeli labor...

Supreme Court Will Hear the Petition Against the New Infiltration Law

The Supreme Court will deliberate on the petition co-sponsored by human...

Equal Rights to Female Refugees as Well

Kav LaOved accompanies an asylum seeker who has become, without her...

No one is Counting the Workers

After two years of inactivity by government authorities the number of...

Construction workers in danger? Revoke the contractor’s license.

The number people injured and fatally wounded in work related accidents...

Protecting All Workers’ Rights

Jerusalem Post Op-Ed contributor demonstrates how the government of Israel must...

Refugees Pay Income Tax, Do Not Earn Credits

Kav LaOved explains why the state earns twice at the expense...

Asylum Seekers are Forced to Forgo the Right to Strike

While many employers of asylum seekers came out in defense of...

Limbo in the Levant

A NY Times opinion page article by a refugee from Eritrea...

Regulating Refugee Employment is the Only Option

For many years permits issued to asylum seekers have protected them...

New Report on the National Insurance Institute (NII)

This report deals with the rights that the NII is legally...

Employing Asylum Seekers Can Improve South Tel Aviv

Human rights organizations claimed in the Knesset committee today on migrant...

Kav LaOved Report on Refugees and Employment

New Kav LaOved report tracks the violations common among refugee and...

Right to Work, Right to Refuge: World Refugee Day Newsletter

One Year Ago: Successful Rally Against Haifa Municipality’s Anti-Refugee Policy

This time last year, Kav LaOved's Haifa Branch successfully challenged Haifa...

Peek into a Session of the “Return Infiltrators to Their Countries” Lobby

Peek into a Session of the "Return Infiltrators to Their Countries"...

Exploitation of African Workers Under the Law

Bill prohibits African migrants from sending money home to their countries...

Exploitation of Workers Under the Law

The Abuse of Africans- a Disgrace to Israel

A Group Photo of Exploitation: Since November, 300 Employees Have Been Waiting to Receive Their Salaries!

300 asylum seekers did not receive their salaries in November. The...

Haaretz – The UN joins the petition to the High Court of Justice against the Prevention of the Infiltration Law

Asylum seeker women fired after becoming pregnant

למרות חוק עבודת נשים האוסר על פיטורי עובדת בזמן הריונה, פליטות...

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