Modern Slavery and Trafficking of Human Beings in Israel torrent

Written by: Sigal Rozen, Ella Keren, Nomi Levenkron, Shevy Korzen, and Ronen Steinberg.
Assisted: Yonathan Berman and Galit Polacheck.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION..................................
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METHODOLOGY.................................................................................................................5
FROM WAGE LABOR TO UNFREE LABOR: MODERN SLAVERY AND
TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS IN ISRAEL...............................................................7
THE FRAUD: THE PROMISES MADE IN COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN AND THE REALITY IN ISRAEL ......7
BINDING MIGRANT WORKERS TO THEIR EMPLOYERS: MODERN, STATE-ENDORSED SLAVERY.13
DEPORTATION: A TOOL IN THE HANDS OF EMPLOYERS.........................................................18
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................19
ENFORCEMENT ................................................................................................................23
NON-ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTIVE LABOR LAWS..............................................................23
ILLEGALLY EMPLOYING WORKERS......................................................................................25
ILLEGAL HIRING OF MIGRANT WORKERS BY THE AUTHORITIES .............................................27
CORRUPTION AT GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES.........................................................................28
ARREST AND EXPULSION OF MIGRANT WORKERS.................................................................29
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW AGAINST SEIZURE OF PASSPORTS..............................................30
THE MARKET IN FORGED VISAS...........................................................................................32
SMUGGLING PEOPLE INTO ISRAEL ACROSS THE EGYPTIAN BORDER......................................33
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................34
POLICE VIOLATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKERSÂ’ RIGHTS ..........................................35
POLICE BRUTALITY ............................................................................................................35
ENTERING HOUSES WITHOUT A COURT ORDER.....................................................................36
ARREST OF WORKERS FILING COMPLAINTS FOR OFFENSES PERPETRATED AGAINST THEM......36
TRUMPED-UP CHARGES AGAINST MIGRANT WORKERS, AND REFUSAL OF BAIL ......................37
ARREST OF SINGLE PARENTS...............................................................................................38
VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION ................................................................................39
VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION ..........................................................................39
VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ............................................................................40
DENYING DETAINEES THE RIGHT TO COLLECT THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS .......................40
DENYING DETAINEES THE RIGHT TO CONTACT LAWYERS OR NOTIFY FRIENDS OR RELATIVES OF
THEIR ARREST....................................................................................................................41
DELAYS IN THE PROVISION OF PLANE TICKETS.....................................................................41
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................42
MIGRANT WORKERSÂ’ CONDITIONS OF DETENTION PRIOR TO DEPORTATION...43
DETENTION FACILITIES ......................................................................................................43
CONDITIONS OF DETENTION................................................................................................44
CONDITIONS OF DETENTION IN POLICE CUSTODY FACILITIES ................................................45
AMOUNT OF TIME IN CUSTODY ...........................................................................................46
PEOPLE REFUSED ENTRY TO ISRAEL – BEN-GURION AIRPORT..............................................46
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................48
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FLAWS AND SHORTCOMINGS IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ENTRY TO
ISRAEL ...............................................................................................................................49
THE DETENTION AND DEPORTATION PROCESSES..................................................................49
SHORTCOMINGS IN THE LAW OF ENTRY TO ISRAEL .............................................................50
SHORTCOMINGS IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW BY THE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES ......56
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................58
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................................61
BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................6