Seeking Asylum? No Spirit of Geneva Here

The jurist who taught Israeli officers to handle asylum claims says he's 'saddened' and 'embarrassed' at the way the system has turned out.

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When Israel became one of the last democratic countries to launch a system to deal with asylum claims, in 2009, the international refugee expert who oversaw the initiative could not have predicted that his high hopes would turn slowly into disappointment.

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