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.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
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

The report states that among asylum-seeking and refugee women, the poverty rate is twice that of men, reaching 64% compared to 33% for men.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
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

“The complex situation of refugees highlights the need for broader understanding and support," said ASSAF’s Coordinator of Mapping and Support for Ukrainian Refugees.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
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 proposed law seeks to establish provisions of the law on the treatment of illegal migrants and moving towards their deportation from Israel.

|ByTROY O. FRITZHAND

Rwanda, Uganda deny deal with Israel to take in asylum seekers

"Fake news," one Rwandan diplomat said of the deal.

JANUARY 5, 2018BySHOSHANA KRANISH
CHILDREN OF migrant workers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day, marking the 65th anniversary of the creation of the state last year.

Population and Immigration Authority: Zero ‘infiltrators’ entered in 2017

Human rights organizations continue to decry – as inhumane and antithetical to Jewish values – the policy of forcibly removing African refugees to a country as perilous as Rwanda.

JANUARY 1, 2018ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
African migrants sit at the Holot open detention center in the Negev in Southern Israel

Asylum-seekers protest 20% wage deduction law

Money to be returned once they leave Israel.

APRIL 27, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Protesters outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art on Thursday

Let them volunteer

Israel soldiers are volunteering in neighborhoods that house many asylum-seekers and are receiving mixed reactions.

AUGUST 28, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Students at the Dizengoff School in South Tel Aviv

A gay Iranian in Tel Aviv

Poet Payam Feili seeks asylum in the Jewish state.

MARCH 26, 2016ByMIRANDA LEVINGSTON
WHEN FEILI was a teenager, he watched Holocaust movies and spent his time learning about this ‘shocking tragedy.’

‘Racist’ Yahad ad barred by Elections Committee

Election Committee also claims that advertisement incites violence against migrant workers and asylum seekers.

MARCH 15, 2015ByJEREMY SHARON
Eli Yishai