Posted on 04/26/22
| News Source: i24
'After the war in Ukraine began… the regime became even more violent toward protesters'
Thousands of asylum seekers from Russia and Belarus are being turned away from refuge in Israel, despite being party to a refugee treaty signed to protect displaced Europeans after WWII, according to Israeli media.
Russian and Belarusian asylum seekers – from before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – include anti-regime protestors who fear being arrested and tortured if forced to return to their homelands, The Times of Israel (ToI) reported.
One of those refugees is Dmitry (alias), a Belarusian who left his home and family for Israel after participating in protests against Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko.
“After the war in Ukraine began… the regime became even more violent toward protesters,” said an associate of Dmitry.
Dmitry’s wife and children, though, were later refused asylum in Israel and deported. According to ToI, Dmitry will soon leave the Jewish state to seek refuge with his family elsewhere.