The Association for Civil Rights in Israel and five other human rights groups filed a petition in the Jerusalem District Court on behalf of six asylum seekers seeking an injunction to prevent Interior Minister Eli Yishai from imprisoning Sudanese refugees. According to an ACRI press release, five of the Sudanese petitioners are from the region of Darfur. The press release references an announcement by Yishai at the end of August that all Sudanese migrants will have until October 15 to leave Israel, after which they will be arrested and detained.

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