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DESCRIPTION:The Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law 
 welcomes Dr. Reuven Ziegler\, who will discuss the precarious status of Er
 itrean and Sudanese nationals in Israel and the regularisation of asylum i
 n Israel.\nRefreshments will be provided. RSVP to oppenheimer [at] mcgill 
 [dot] ca.\nAbstract\nThis talk explores the precarious status of Eritrean 
 and Sudanese nationals in Israel. Having crossed the Israeli-Egyptian bord
 er without authorisation and not through an official border crossing\, Isr
 aeli law defines such individuals as ‘infiltrators’\, a charged term which
  dates back to border-crossings into Israel by Palestinian Fedayeen in the
  1950s. Eritreans and Sudanese nationals constitute over 90 percent of ‘in
 filtrators’ in Israel. Their livelihood is curtailed through hostility\, s
 anctions and detention\, while Israel refrains from deporting them to thei
 r respective countries of origin\, recognising that such forced removal co
 uld expose them to risks to their lives and/or freedom. The talk argues th
 at the regularisation of asylum in Israel\, including legal recognition of
  ‘refugee’\, ‘asylum-seeker’\, and ‘beneficiary of subsidiary protection’ 
 statuses\, is long due.\nAbout the speaker\nDr Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler is le
 cturer in law at the University of Reading School of Law\, where he is a m
 ember of the Global Law at Reading (GLAR) research group (specialising in 
 human rights\, international humanitarian law and international refugee la
 w). He is Editor-in-Chief\, Working Paper Series\, Refugee Law Initiative 
 (Institute for Advance Legal Study\, University of London). He is a Resear
 ch Associate of the Refugee Studies Centre\, University of Oxford\, and an
  Academic visitor at its Faculty of Law. He is also a researcher at the Is
 rael Democracy Institute (analysing the treatment of African asylum seeker
 s in Israel as part of the Constitutional Principles project). Previously\
 , he was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School (affiliated with its 
 Immigration and Refugee Clinic and with the Human Rights Program)\, a Tuto
 r in Public International Law at the University of Oxford\, and a legal ad
 vising officer at the Israel Defence Forces' Legal Counselor's Office (man
 datory military service). He holds DPhil\, MPhil\, and BCL degrees from th
 e University of Oxford\; LLM with specialisation in Public Law from Hebrew
  University\; and a joint LLB and BA from the University of Haifa.\n \n
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LOCATION:NCDH 609\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:No Asylum for ‘Infiltrators’: The Legal Predicament of Eritrean and
  Sudanese Nationals in Israel
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