Israel asylum seekers

Police arrest six minors, one Israeli suspect in gang-affiliated Tel Aviv bus assault

Police have announced that all suspects will be brought before the court today for hearings on extending their detention.

 Buses in central Jerusalem, February 12, 2025
 SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.

Asylum-seeking, refugee women in Israel endure higher poverty rates and exploitation - report

 Ukrainian refugees arrive in Israel on February 9, 2023

From one war to another: Ukrainian refugees in Israel left without safety net, NGO report says

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Israel could change Basic Law to allow mass deportation of Eritreans


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

Analysis: Still no final migrant policy

There are gaping holes in the new decision.

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

Following coalition uprising, Netanyahu freezes migrant deal

Monday's announcement of a deal with the UNHCR produced mixed reactions in Israel.

An African migrant holds an Israeli flag after being released from Holot detention centre in Israel's southern Negev desert August 25, 2015.

Israeli leaders voice mixed reactions to U.N. migrant plan

Meretz: The word ‘infiltrators’ has left the lexicon.

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

Israel reaches deal with U.N. to resettle asylum seekers in Western states

16,250 African migrants will be expelled to Western countries while the same number are to be granted temporary residency and dispersed across the country.

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

Testimonial: Don’t shut the door in the faces of asylum seekers like me

How can the Jewish people forget the meaning of the word “refugee?"

Asylum seekers protest against the deportation in south Tel Aviv

25,000 rally against deportation of migrants in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square

Multiple migrants addressed the rally, recounting harrowing tales of escaping from violent Sudanese militias and evading a forced labor draft in Eritrea.

Tel Aviv protest against deportation

Black Caucus urges Israel to nix deportation of African migrants

15 of 49 members of the Congressional Black Caucus have signed the letter, including some who over the years have taken a lead in advancing pro-Israel policies.

Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric L. Richmond and fellow members hold a news conference

Israel AIDS Task Force demands asylum seekers with HIV not be deported

The Health Ministry is currently treating 184 Eritrean and Sudanese migrants for HIV.

Eritrean migrants in Tel Aviv.

Court’s Eritrean military ruling may be ‘game changer’ for asylum seekers

Thursday’s ruling may provide a respite for thousands of men who received deportation notices earlier this month.

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