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| Photo from the blog by Rotem Ilan |
ACRI and the Hotline for Migrant Workers commend
Minister of Interior’s announcement to approve applications for residency
On February 10, 2014, Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar
announced that the residency applications of 221 children of migrants would be
granted.
In 2010, as a result of a multi-year effort led by
Israeli Children in cooperation with several human rights organizations including
the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants and the Association for Civil Rights in
Israel (ACRI), the government decided to grant residency status to children of
migrants that met certain criteria, such as the child’s parent having entered
into Israel legally and the child being fluent in Hebrew. Some 700 children who
met these criteria applied.
