Israel migrants

Quarter of Jewish Israelis, 40% of Arab Israelis contemplate emigration amid political crisis

A report from the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) highlights the expressed interest of both Jewish and Arab Israelis in leaving the country over political turmoil.

 Travelers are seen at the departure hall of the Ben-Gurion Airport on April 4, 2023; illustrative
African migrants wait in line for the opening of the Population and Immigration Authority office in Bnei Brak, Israel February 4, 2018

COVID-19 disproportionately harms refugees and migrants - WHO study

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS land in Israel on a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter aliyah flight.

Young professionals on the move with Nefesh B’Nefesh

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

NGO: State must protect rights of migrant mothers, children


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

Israel sees record number of migrant workers over past five years

With the signing of several bilateral agreements, the ease by which foreign workers can travel to Israel has increased markedly.

Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel

New tax in Israel leaves African migrants feeling unwanted and unwelcome

New tax rules force employers to put part of migrants' salaries in a fund which can only be accessed once they leave Israel.

African migrants in Tel Aviv

NGO paves way for asylum-seekers to obtain long-neglected schooling

"All I want is an education."

Gasim Ali, 24, gave a speech Wednesday night after accepting his graduation diploma

NGO: Special migrant courts significantly defective

Prior to May 2014, there were special migrant courts but appeals from those courts went up to standard civilian District Courts, ensuring that poor decisions were reviewed at a high level.

AFRICAN MIGRANTS sit on pipes outside Holot, a detention centre in Israel’s southern Negev desert.

Supreme Court strikes ‘Rwanda’ from transcript on migrants and transparency

Pro-migrant groups fight for increased oversight of deportations during hearing yesterday

An African migrant holds an Israeli flag after being released from the Holot detention center in the Negev

Defending fair labor practices for migrant workers in Israel

Migrant workers in Israel originate mostly from the Philippines, India, Sri-Lanka, Nepal and Eastern Europe.

Elderly Israelis wait for their turn to vote

Israeli NGOs battle over call for asylum for Eritrean migrants

Group says new UN Human Rights Council report doesn’t justify change in policy.

Eritrean migrants in Tel Aviv.