The Israeli government has launched a mass deportation plan aimed at expelling up to 40,000 African asylum seekers from Israel. Most of the refugees are from Eritrea or Sudan and fleeing war or persecution, although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has branded them “infiltrators.” On Sunday, the Israeli government began distributing notices warning they’d be jailed if they do not leave within two months. These are three refugees from Eritrea who received the notices.

Marawi Zoude: “If I do not return to Rwanda or to Eritrea within 60 days, they’ll take me forcefully to prison.”

Halofom Sultan: “I will choose—it’s not a choice, but I will forced to be in prison if they decide, because at least I will be—stay alive in the prison.”

Afoworki Kidane: “Those countries are not secure for me. I came here to save my life. So what I choose now is to stay in prison.”