The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants is in need of an expert report for a precedent-setting case at the Israeli High Court that will affect hundreds of asylum seekers. The case involves two Ethiopian asylum seekers who arrived separately in Israel over a decade ago. They met and married only after they arrived and submitted their asylum claims in Israel. The husband's claim was rejected soon after it was made but the wife's claim has not been responded to for many years. In the interim, they have had two children in Israel. They are challenging an Israeli policy which allows for a stay of deportation for the families of asylum seekers when these families were formed in the country of origin, but not the country of asylum. The Hotline is looking for expert testimony that demonstrates that in other jurisdictions, the authorities do permit spouses of asylum seekers to regularize their status or stay their deportation until the asylum claim has been dealt with, regardless of whether they met before or after they arrived in the country of asylum.
This comparative law testimony has proven to be very important in the past and could make or break the case. The time frame unfortunately is very short and we only have two weeks to complete this report. Interested parties can contact [log in to unmask]
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