{"id":5865,"date":"2015-02-08T00:59:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T00:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2015-02-08T00:59:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T00:59:22","slug":"a-reprieve-for-eritrean-asylum-seeker-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munkhafadat.com\/en\/uncategorized\/a-reprieve-for-eritrean-asylum-seeker-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"A REPRIEVE FOR ERITREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN ISRAEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ds-1col node node-article view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<p class=\"field--author\">For &#8220;Adam\u201d, a 31-year-old asylum seeker in Israel who fled Eritrea after being incarcerated and tortured for leaving military service without permission, life has been filled with uncertainty almost as long as he can remember. While crossing the Sinai Desert, Adam was taken for ransom by Bedouin smugglers; he suffered extensive beatings and torture before his family was able to pay the requested sum. After crossing the border to Israel he was placed in the Saharonim detention facility for three months. When he was released, he managed to find work and earn a living, renewing his &#8220;conditional release&#8221; permit from time to time for about five years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"field-body\">\n<p>Like many other asylum seekers from Sudan and Eritrea, \u00a0Adam&#8217;s permit was taken away from him in January 2014 and he received a summons to go to Holot, the isolated &#8220;open&#8221; detention facility in the Negev Desert*. Being confined again brought back Adam\u2019s experiences of imprisonment and torture in Eritrea and Sinai. He suffered nightmares and fell out of his bunk bed on his first night at the facility. The reality of Holot became intolerable for Adam and he decided to leave.<\/p>\n<p>In Tel Aviv, Adam sought help at a mental health clinic for undocumented migrants and was diagnosed as suffering from severe PTSD. For six months he lived without status, not daring to leave his apartment for fear of arrest by the immigration authorities.<\/p>\n<p>HIAS recently launched a pro bono legal aid project to provide legal representation to asylum seekers in Israel. In December, Adam\u2019s case was referred to the project and,\u00a0with the help of attorney Moran Gur and law student Sabina Shmulevitch, Adam\u2019s order to stay in Holot was canceled and he was granted a \u201cconditional release\u201d permit, allowing him to stay in Israel and to work temporarily. Without the lawyer\u2019s presence in the interview, Adam would have struggled express his difficulties and to understand some of the questions he was asked.<\/p>\n<p>Several days after the hearing at the Ministry of Interior office, Adam met with Kayla Zecher-Rothman, a law student working on the pro bono legal aid project, who helped him write and submit his refugee claim to the Ministry of Interior.<\/p>\n<p>The acceptance rate of refugees in Israel is less than 1% and Adam is not hopeful about his prospects. Still, he feels it is important to tell his story and exercise his right to seek asylum. Adam does not know if he will ever be able to return safely to Eritrea or what the future holds for him in Israel. But for now, at least, he can step out of his apartment without fearing arrest, is able to work at a local restaurant and, with on-going support from the mental health clinic, Adam is starting 2015 with a renewed sense of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is different now,&#8221; said a community volunteer who met with Adam several days after his order to Holot was canceled. &#8220;He speaks with confidence about his rights. I think he also smiles more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mystory.hias.org\/img\/logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"29\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"field--author\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For &#8220;Adam\u201d, a 31-year-old asylum seeker in Israel who fled Eritrea after being incarcerated and tortured for leaving military service without permission, life has been filled with uncertainty almost as long as he can remember. 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