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Pulitzer Center Update September 21, 2018

Caron Creighton Takes Over Pulitzer Center Instagram

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In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 photo, Eritrean migrant Gharmay Negassi works at a barbershop in Tel Aviv, Israel. African migrants coming into Israel have been detained, threatened with deportation, and faced hostility from lawmakers and residents. Now, they face another burden: a de facto 20 percent salary cut that has squeezed them financially and driven them further into poverty. Image by Caron Creighton. Israel, 2017.
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Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel

Asylum seekers to Israel are faced with a number of struggles. For example, there are many anti...

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Mesgena (who chose to withhold his last name for privacy reasons), was an asylum seeker from Eritrea living with his wife and four small children in a one bedroom apartment in Tel Aviv. A victim of torture when crossing the Sinai to reach Israel, he was able to receive refugee status in Canada. He and his family were relocated to Toronto in late July. Image by Caron Creighton. Israel, 2018.
Mesgena (who chose to withhold his last name for privacy reasons), was an asylum seeker from Eritrea living with his wife and four small children in a one bedroom apartment in Tel Aviv. A victim of torture when crossing the Sinai to reach Israel, he was able to receive refugee status in Canada. He and his family were relocated to Toronto in late July. Image by Caron Creighton. Israel, 2018.

The week of September 24, 2018, Pulitzer Center UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism student fellow Caron Creighton will share photos and insights from her reporting on the Pulitzer Center's Instagram page.  Creighton's project, "Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel," examines the Israeli government's treatment of African migrants and asylum-seekers, marked by controversial anti-immigrant policies, including a law that requires Eritrean workers to deposit 20 percent of their salaries into a fund they can only access upon leaving Israel.  

Follow Creighton's posts about the effects of these policies and more on the Pulitzer Center's Instagram account.

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