Date: Monday, 15 April 2019
A boy takes part in a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport African migrants, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 24, 2018. . (photo credit: REUTERS/CORINNA KERN)
The state must do more to protect the rights of detained African migrant mothers and children, the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants said in its annual 2018 report.
The NGO also said it believes any detention of migrant mothers and children is legally and ethically problematic if it is merely based on the migrants crossing into Israel without permission, and not on committing a crime that shows them to be are dangerous.