African migrants

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

68 bodies have been recovered and 12 people have been rescued with many still missing as of Monday morning accordig to the Yemen chief for the International Organization for Migration.

African illegal immigrants wait to board a boat in the southern port city of Aden on September 26, 2016, before being deported to Somalia.
 Major genomic study reveals humanity's longest prehistoric migration from Africa to South America.

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

 Sub-Saharan African migrants gather in a field where they live, in Jebiniana, Tunisia September 4, 2023.

Hundreds of west African migrants returned from Tunisia through IOM program

 ERITREAN VOLUNTEERS work in Israeli agriculture in a joint project of ARDC and Leket Israel.

It is time to integrate African asylum seekers into Israeli society - opinion


State to High Court: Working toward migrant deportation deal to Uganda

The circumstances of the deal of the third country, widely reported to be Uganda, were not revealed.

African migrants in Tel Aviv

Half a deal is better than no deal

The deal Israel hammered out with the UN was a good deal, even if it was only half a deal. No deal is perfect.

A boy takes part in a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport African migrants, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 24, 2018.

Why can’t Israel solve the problem of status-less Africans?

Did Netanyahu really believe he could get away with the agreement he reached with the UN secretly, without informing most of his coalition partners?

AN AFRICAN migrant sits on the street in Tel Aviv, earlier 2018

In Media: Israelis protest government's flip-flopping deportation plan

Israelis gathered in Jerusalem to demonstrate against the government's ever-changing policy towards migrants.

A young boy stands in front of demonstrators protesting the government's deportation plan

Amsalem: Netanyahu may go back to UN agreement on migrants

Coalition chairman said the PM may go back to plan he canceled within 24 hours of its announcement, and that the proposal to probe the New Israel Fund is toothless.

African asylum seekers line up to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

With Rwanda out, state says looking into other options for deportation destination

The state told the High Court this morning that it will be investigating to see if another country fits the court's standards.

African migrants take part in a protest against Israel's detention policy toward them

Analysis: The ramifications of Netanyahu's double u-turn

Here are a few takeaways from the last head-spinning 36 hours

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting on February 4, 2018.

Migrants wake to shattered dreams

"I woke up in the morning and there was nothing."

Crowds protest cancelling the UNHCR migrants deal outside the Ministry of Interior in Tel Aviv, April 3, 2018

Netanyahu completes about-face on migrants, says UNHCR deal is cancelled

“From time to time a decision is made that needs to be reconsidered.”

Asylum seekers and protesters demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to halt the UN asylum seeker deal in Jerusalem

The triumph of Passover values

The outcry from so many in civil society was across the political and religious spectrum.

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