Haaretz – Police have collected about 1,000 DNA samples of African migrants who crossed into Israel since the beginning of 2012 and continue to collect samples from those entering Israel through Egypt, Commander Eran Kamin of the Investigations Division told a Knesset committee Tuesday. The special debate at the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers was convened following Haaretz’s report last week that Police overcame legal obstacles to take DNA samples from migrants, by using a security-related clause to open criminal cases against some of them, thus enabling it to legally collect samples. Before using this loophole, senior police officials had approached Knesset Committees requesting to collect samples, but were turned down. Read Article
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