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After a lengthy judicial debate, Israel expels a Filipino worker and her 13-year-old son born in Israel. A case that provokes debate and a lot of emotion and could serve as a precedent.
With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Michel Paul
The last judicial appeal was dismissed. Rosemarie Perez and her son Rohan were forcibly placed on board a plane and deported under surveillance after a failed first attempt at the Philippines, the mother's home country.
Rohan, 13, was born in Israel and is educated in a public school. He suffers from social and psychological difficulties. His deportation is unacceptable and could have irreversible repercussions on the young teenager, proclaims his lawyer.
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The Interior Ministry in Israel reports that Rosemarie Perez's work visa expired ten years ago. And that since she is in an illegal situation. The father of the child is a Turkish national who has returned to his country.
This affair sparked passions in Israel throughout the summer. Activists and activists on the left believe that it is cruel to send a child to a country where he does not speak the language.
This is the first time a family of immigrant workers has been forcibly evicted from Israel. But a hundred other families in the same case have been arrested and await a court decision on them.