African migrants

South Africa's anti-immigrant unrest tests its pan-African standing

Tens of thousands of foreign nationals have left South Africa as anti-immigrant protests, sporadic violence, and fears of further unrest have spread.

Supporters of the South African anti-immigrant group 'March and March' hold a demonstration, after an unofficial June 30 deadline set by anti-immigrant groups for undocumented migrants to leave the country had passed, in Umzimkhulu, South Africa, July 13, 2026.
Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat react as they are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025.

Libya says 17 migrants perish at sea, nine missing feared dead

African illegal immigrants wait to board a boat in the southern port city of Aden on September 26, 2016, before being deported to Somalia.

More than 60 migrants die as boat sinks off Yemen, dozens missing

Migration to South America.

Major genomic study reveals humanity's longest prehistoric migration from Africa to South America


US Jewish groups call on Netanyahu to stop deportation of African migrants

The ADL and HIAS say the plan to pay countries to take African migrants betrays Jewish values.

AFRICAN MIGRANTS being held at the Holot detention center in the Negev demonstrate last month for better conditions.

American Jewish philanthropist says furious at Israeli treatment of African refugees

American-Jews quiestion the recent change in Israeli policy regarding Africans seeking to build a life in the Jewish state.

CHILDREN OF African asylum seekers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day

Activists ask Israeli pilots to ‘refuse to fly refugees to their deaths’

‘We call on Israeli pilots to stand on the right side of history,’ says the petition.

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.

Taking in African refugees is a privilege

The debate about African migrants in Israel kicked off as early as 2005 when asylum seekers began making the treacherous journey through the Sinai desert into Israel.

African migrants gesture behind a fence during a protest against Israel's detention policy towards them

Comment: Israel should reconsider hostile policy on African refugees

Israel was among the first signatories of the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees – and for a very important reason.

CHILDREN OF African asylum seekers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day

North American Jewish leaders: Please don’t deport Africans

A “line has been crossed.”

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.

NGOs blast gov't plan for deportation or incarceration of African migrants

“The government has crossed a redline, and we see a lot of panic in the community."

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.

15 migrants injured on Greek island as EU continues struggle with crisis

Arabs fight Afghans in ‘hellish’ refugee Lesbos camp.

A refugee cleans his tent in a makeshift camp on the Hungary-Serbia border, on the Serbian side of a transit zone set up by Hungarian authorities to filter refugees at Roszke, Hungary, September 2, 2016. Picture taken September 2, 2016

Rwanda says no to migrant deportation

Israel has the room, resources, and employment opportunities to successfully accommodate African asylum seekers already here.

AN AFRICAN migrant walks with his luggage after being released from Holot detention center in the Negev in 2015.

Knesset members vote to worsen migrant conditions ahead of deportation

Following the meeting, Amnesty International Israel called on the country to allow all the migrants to stay.

Residents of south Tel Aviv protest against African migrants living in their neighbourhood