Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (ASSAF) is an Israeli NGO supported by donations from private individuals and charity funds, as well as dozens of volunteers who believe that we must embrace the refugees knocking on our doors. We want to see an Israel that treats with justice and respect those people who had to run away from their country in fear for their lives.

 

ASSAF was founded in 2007 in order to aid refugees and asylum seekers in Israel. Their aim is to promote the rights of refugees in their encounters with the state authorities. This includes providing advocacy and support to those in need: thousands of men, women and children who are conducting a daily struggle to overcome memories of the traumatic experiences they have escaped, and who are living in Israel without status or access to basic human rights.