Refugees In Israel

Eritrea-Ethiopia peace deal leads to new debate about migrants

Pro-migrant groups, including the UN, have said Eritreans cannot safely be sent back to Eritrea for fear of persecution under the country’s draconian draft laws.

Deportation or integration: The different faces of south Tel Aviv

The migrant issue continues to ravage and divide south Tel Aviv. Is there hope for the future?

Deri: Negotiations with UN on migrants continue

Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled an agreement he had made with the Officer of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which he had advocated less than 24 hours before.

Israel's asylum seeker deadlock

With some 38,000 asylum seekers in Israel, the agreement with Uganda to accept 500 amounts to a drop in the ocean, and the government plan for mass deportations is on hold.

Former interior minister Gideon Sa'ar: dispute over top court solvable

“All of these steps can change the current pattern."

State waffles before court on Uganda deportation deal

Representatives dodge questions as to whether there’s an agreement, admit 1,749 expelled there since 2015.

Netanyahu’s leadership: An autopsy

The Netanyahu who this week zigzagged the way one may when chased by a crocodile, is the same one who reversed his own government’s decision to accommodate non-Orthodox prayers at the Western Wall.

How the economy could benefit from staving off deportations

Jewish leaders caught off-guard by Netanyahu's switch on migrant deal

"[Passover] its not only a holiday that celebrates freedom of Jews from slavery but also recognition that Jews were refugees from Egypt seeking a better home in Israel.”

African migrants cautiously optimistic about U.N.-Israel agreement

We pray it will work out, but what we’re told today could change tomorrow.