Israel recognized only 4 out 5,573 asylum requests filed since 2009
Since July 2009 only four requests for asylum have been recognized by Israel out of 5,573 filed by Sudanese and Eritrean nationals. The data was revealed as part as a High Court petition against the Infiltration Protection Act – which the court has already shot down twice.
Moreover, the petition revealed that out of 3,165 petitions filed by Sudanese nationals, at least 2,184 have yet to be answered.
