Steven Davidson is a freelance journalist based in the Middle East. His work has appeared in the Forward, the Times of Israel, Haaretz, Salon, and +972 magazine, among others. You can find him on Twitter @sdavidson169 https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/steven-davidson/rss en Economy Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:30:00 +0000 Steven Davidson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/01/31/israels-deposit-law-is-pushing-asylum-seekers-to-financial-ruin https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/01/31/israels-deposit-law-is-pushing-asylum-seekers-to-financial-ruin An Israeli law enacted in mid-2017 amounts to a de facto salary cut for African asylum seekers, plunging the community into a financial crisis, reports Steven Davidson.