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Social Affairs Ministry objects to the Defense Ministry's request to use tents instead of permanent buildings for half the living quarters at the camp.

By Gili Cohen | 10:03 15.10.12 |

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Living conditions in a detention facility for African asylum seekers now under construction in the Negev Desert will be "unreasonable," the Social Affairs Ministry has warned.

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