Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has attempted to block an official report on the country’s treatment of African asylum seekers.
Harel Locker, Mr Netanyahu’s Chief of Staff, urged the State Comptroller Joseph Shapira to restrict access to the document out of security concerns, as well as a fear that it could harm the country’s foreign relations.
Mr Shapira rejected the request on the grounds that no security issues were at stake.
The report, due out in May, is said to criticise the government’s lack of a cohesive policy in dealing with the tens of thousands of Sudanese and Eritrean migrants who are fleeing oppressive regimes.
