Asylum City (TV Series)

The series is set in south Tel Aviv, and focuses on two Israelis – Michal and Itay – who work at an NGO which supports African asylum-seekers. While they struggle to offer legal, financial and social aid to the community, they are aware of the many forces at play. Government officials purportedly stretching the law to allow deportation. Gangsters exploiting the tenuous situation. Police willing to look the other way and ignore crimes in Tel Aviv’s unsavory neighborhoods. The tensions among the community, where one migrant may turn on another for the promise of cash.