Asylum seekers

Former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel visit Kenyan refugee camp

Partnering with IsraAID, former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel toured the camp's facilities as part of their recent entry into humanitarian work.

 Keith and Aviva Siegel  speak at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025
Greek emergency personnel wait to transfer bodies of dead migrants, following migrant’s boat collision with coast guard off the island of Chios, in the port of Chios, Greece, February 3, 2026.

Fourteen migrants die off Greece after boat collides with coast guard

Swiss flags are seen on the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) in Bern, Switzerland, November 6, 2024.

Second Iranian diplomat abandons post, seeks asylum for family in Switzerland - report

Migrants try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on September 27, 2025; illustrative.

Migrants share tutorials for human smuggling on social media - report


Refugees in Bnei Brak left without papers by Immigration Authority office - report

After a six-month closure, malpractice at the Bnei Brak branch of Israel’s Immigration Authority has left hundreds waiting in long lines to get their visas renewed.

African migrants wait in line for the Population and Immigration Authority office to open in Bnei Brak.

Israel should do better by its asylum seekers - opinion

As a nation built by people who once sought asylum, Israel must consider how the nation treats those currently seeking the same protection.

 INTERIOR MINISTER Ayelet Shaked. ‘I think we can agree that this is not the best look to which Israel can aspire,’ says the writer, referring to the denial of asylum to a woman fleeing female genital mutilation.

Russian soldiers who fled to Alaska await US asylum decision

Two Russian dissidents defected from Russia before being deployed to Ukraine. After a 5-day journey to Alaska, they now await the result of their asylum claim in the US.

Shoreline in the town of Gambell, St Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Shaked denies asylum to woman fleeing female genital mutilation

The interior minister compared the practice to male circumcision, saying that to treat them differently in the law would be "absurd."

 African asylum seekers and Israeli activists protest outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, against their deportation, on April 3, 2018.

How race and religion play a role in who gets refuge in the US

Opinion: Administration favoring white, mostly Christian refugees over other groups.

 krainians wait to cross the US border, in Tijuana

African asylum-seekers in Haifa struggle for survival

While most of the 28,000 asylum-seekers in Israel live in Tel Aviv, those in Haifa, numbering up to 800, are far less visible.

 An Eritrean Women's Empowerment Group.

Hope for Israel's Darfur asylum seekers after court ruling

Separated from his family, Hassan says he fled from Sudan to Egypt and on through the Sinai desert into Israel, where he has been living in immigration limbo for 11 years.

WOMEN WALK to the market in Abu Shock IDPs camp in Al Fashir, capital of North Darfur, Sudan, last year.

Dozens of Palestinians use Barcelona layover to seek asylum in Spain

It is the second attempt by a group of airline passengers to gain entry to Spain in less than two weeks.

Spain flag

Grapevine November 3, 2021: Doctors in the house

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Itsik Kamilian, CEO of the Ambassador's Club; Erez Naane; Bahraini Ambassador Khaled Yusef al-Jalahma; Yitzhak Eidan

Jerusalem Cinematheque to host fundraiser for African asylum-seekers

Jerusalem Cinematheque will screen Flee, a movie about Afghan refugees to raise funds for asylum seekers.

 Afghan refugees walk to a bus taking them to a processing center upon arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US.