Finally he was asked to sign a document written in Hebrew, a language he doesn’t know. He refused. The police officer explained to him that the document stated only that no force or pressure was exerted on him in the interrogation. But Yaakub said that seeing his children crying for hours at the bridge and then being sent off with their mother was for him the application of pressure and force, “like being stabbed in the back.”

In the end he gave in and signed. He was given a receipt for his confiscated money – almost all his savings. He was then told to leave, without having any idea where he was and without a cent in his pocket. “Figure it out,” was the message again.