Tag: Deportations
Lawyers of Nazi collaborator: Too old, ‘diminished’ to deport from Canada
Lawyers for Helmut Oberlander, a 95-year-old who worked as a translator for Nazi death squads in Ukraine and Russia, claimed last week that their client’s old age and “diminished” mental capabilities should be cause...
Top legal experts: Migrant deportation in violation of international law
In an open letter to Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, 25 international legal experts claimed the Interior Ministry’s expulsion plan for thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers in Israel is a violation of international law.
Monday’s letter...
US Jewish groups call on Netanyahu to stop deportation of African migrants
The Anti-Defamation League and the refugee protection group Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing “grave concerns” over an Israeli government plan to deport or...
‘You’re just there, trapped’: why one mexican woman decided to ‘self-deport,’ long before Trump
Any time a cop passed her on the road, she began shaking. When police set up checkpoints in her neighborhood, her phone buzzed with warning text messages.
She worried about getting carded at bars. Boarding...