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To gain legal protection, they must:
- be outside their country of origin;
- fear persecution;
- be harmed or fear harm by their government or others;
- fear persecution for at least one of the above cited reasons; and
- pose no danger to others.
Israel signed the 1951 Convention. Nonetheless, Interior Ministry procedures and secret inter-ministerial determinations decide individual cases.
Compared to Western states, Israel accepts the fewest number of temporary or permanent refugees even though being legally and morally bound to help.
Thousands of South Sudanese refugees were deported. While in Israel they were harshly treated. Despite repressive conditions at home, Israel called them illegal. Obligations under the 1951 Convention were spurned.
Sinai torture victims discover Israeli hospitality firsthand. Israel's Law to Prevent Infiltration greets them. Asylum seekers are imprisoned without trial. They're subjected to harsh treatment and deportation.
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