The Hotline for Migrant Workers (HMW), established in 1998, is a non-partisan, not for profit organization, dedicated to (a) promoting the rights of undocumented migrant workers and refugees and (b) eliminating trafficking in persons in Israel. We aim to build a more just, equitable and democratic society where the human rights of all those residing within its borders are paramount civic and political values.
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The High Court of Justice adopts the position of The Hotline For Migrant Workers and other human rights organizations, and orders the repeal of the policy which binds migrant workers to their employers The binding policy, in use already 13 years, was a central cause of grievous abuses of the basic rights of migrant workers in Israel and created a stage of “modern slavery” as defined by judge Cheshin. During 2005 alone, the hotline handeled the cases of more than 600 migrant worekrs that were imprisoned due to the fact that they lost their legal status as a result of the binding policy. |
