Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityPolice and immigration officials have begun detaining asylum seekers identified as regime supporters, even as Israel has no interior minister empowered to sign deportation orders and the attorney general's office says it was not consultedShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeRan Shimoniand Josh Breiner01:56 PM • June 11 2026 IDTFollowing pressure from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, the police and the Population and Immigration Authority have started to detain, with the intent to deport, Eritrean asylum seekers who have been marked as supporters of the Eritrean regime. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Asylum seekersItamar Ben-GvirCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesLebanonU.S.-IranErdoganIsrael ElectionsNew York KnicksGwyneth PaltrowHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsraeli Police Uses Legally Dubious Methods to Arrest and Deport EritreansHow Israel Is Using Archaeology to Advance West Bank AnnexationU.S.-Iran Talks Continue Despite Overnight Flare-up, Iranian Sources SayTo Lead the Middle East, Turkey's Erdogan Casts Israel as the Ultimate VillainIDF Builds First Permanent Post in Palestinian-controlled West Bank Since 1990sRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know AboutSix-year-old Boy Punctures a Magritte Iconic Masterpiece at Israel MuseumOne Killed, Five Wounded in Terror Shooting Rampage in Central IsraelGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelIf the Netanyahu Government Falls, This Will Be the Reason'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over Gaza