The nonprofit organization Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of “unlawfully coercing” almost 7,000 African migrants into leaving the country even though they risk imprisonment and even abuse back home.

A detention center where thousands are being held without trial has also been outlawed. Human Rights Watch believes Israel is refusing to take care of refugees who, under international law, are entitled to protection. We talk with experts and speak with an African migrant inside the now-outlawed detention center and ask, is Israel breaking international law with its refugee policy?

A new report by Human Rights Watch says African refugees in Israel are being denied access to fair and efficient asylum procedures. The group estimates there are more than 40,000 Africans in Israel, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan.

In December, the Israeli parliament passed a measure to indefinitely incarcerate migrants in a detention center without trial. Last week, in a groundbreaking decision, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled to close the facility. One judge said the measure was “disproportionate and unconstitutional” and that it “negates one’s right to freedom and hurts one’s right to dignity”.

But Israel’s interior minister, who oversees the detention center, has denounced the ruling as “a mistake that leaves Israel without the tools to handle illegal infiltration”. He has urged the government to consider amending the law which would restrict the court’s authority in such policies.

Our guests tonight include:

* Israeli diplomat Paul Hirschson from Jerusalem. On Twitter: @paulhirschson

* Mutasim Ali, an asylum seeker in Tel Aviv who currently lives at the detention center.

* David Sheen, a journalist who has reported extensively on African refugees in Israel. On Twitter: @davidsheen

* Bill Frelick here from the Human Rights Watch which released a report this month on Israel’s treatment of its African refugees. On Twitter: @BillFrelick

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