Refugees

Iranians arrive in Turkey through border gate as crackdown persists

The US issues a warning for citizens to evacuate Iran as protests intensify, with many Iranians seeking refuge in Turkey, crossing the Kapikoy border gate into Van Province.

|ByREUTERS, JAMES GENN
People stand at the Kapikoy Border Gate, between Turkey and Iran, in Van province, Turkey, January 14, 2026.
(From L-R) IDF Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Tamir Yadai at a meeting discussing West Bank counterterror, December 31, 2025.

WATCH: Katz urges invasion of West Bank refugee camps as Trump calls for restraint

Katz said expanded IDF control of West Bank camps reduced terror, despite US calls to curb military activity.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
President of Iraq, Barham Salih, speaks during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, US September 23, 2021.

United Nations General Assembly elects former Iraqi President to lead UN refugee agency

Salih will begin a five-year term on January 1, 2026.

|ByREUTERS
Asha Kano Kavi, an internally displaced woman from Kadugli, serves wild boiled leaves for food to orphaned children at the Bruam IDP Camp within the Sudan's People Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) controlled area in Tobo County in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan June 22, 2024

Over 1,000 civilians killed, third summarily executed in Sudan's Darfur when RSF seized camp - UN

"Such deliberate killing of civilians or persons hors de combat may constitute the war crime of murder,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, in a statement.

|ByREUTERS

Jewish clergy, creatives denounce Trump’s Gaza proposal in full-page NYT ad

Trump’s calls for the takeover of the Gaza Strip were clearly designated as business deals for the 47th US president.

FEBRUARY 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Gazan family allowed to enter UK through Ukraine refugee scheme

A British court ruled that a Palestinian family of six can join their UK-based brother through a program designed for Ukrainian refugees, sparking debate over immigration policy and human rights law.

FEBRUARY 12, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PALESTINIANS MAKE their way between southern and northern Gaza on Sunday after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor.

Israel has lost its leverage in the Gaza hostage deal - analysis

Monday to Sunday is a long time in the Middle East, so much can develop as Israel weighs its response.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN
People gather as Hamas militants terrorists for the handover of hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City, January 19, 2025

Trump is right—Gaza's future depends on breaking the cycle of destruction - opinion

If Gaza is to have a future, it has to start with a change of mind. Trump's peace proposal has made the world look at Gaza not as a liability but as an opportunity.

FEBRUARY 5, 2025ByEINAT WILF
Hamas terrorists seen before a hostage release in Gaza City, February 1, 2025

14 years in limbo: A journey from Darfur to building a life in Israel

After fleeing war in Darfur, Mahmoud Usman spent 14 years in limbo seeking asylum in Israel. Now, with his application approved, he looks ahead to building his future.

FEBRUARY 1, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES
POPULATION AND Immigration Authority data place the current asylum-seeking population at 30,000, with an estimated 4,000 from Usman’s home country, Sudan. An additional 19,000 asylum-seekers are from neighboring Eritrea.

Albanian PM ridicules Amit Segal for report of moving Palestinians to Albania

Segal's N12 report came shortly after US President Donald Trump called on Jordan and Egypt to accept more Palestinians from Gaza, which had then sparked accusations of "ethnic cleansing."

JANUARY 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 7, 2023.

Trump aid freeze strands Afghan visa holders in Albania

Nearly 200,000 Afghans have been resettled in the US with SIVs or as refugees since 2021. Trump's victorious 2024 reelection campaign included promises of strict immigration policies.

JANUARY 26, 2025ByREUTERS
A day after U.S. forces completed its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, refugees board a bus taking them to a processing center upon their arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US, September 1, 2021.

As winds shift against immigrants, refugee resettlement advocate Sasha Chanoff steps up

At a time of rising populism and increasing opposition worldwide to immigration from countries wracked by poverty and civil war, Chanoff says his work is more urgent than ever.

JANUARY 22, 2025ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA
Sasha Chanoff, right, founder and CEO of RefugePoint, reviews a case with a staff worker and a refugee client in Kenya enrolled in the organization’s Nairobi-based Urban Refugee Protection Program.

Occupancy of refugee accommodations in Germany significantly decreases

In Lower Saxony, only about 4,250 out of approximately 11,650 places are occupied, including emergency accommodations.

JANUARY 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Occupancy of refugee accommodations in Germany significantly decreases

UNRWA is a persistent challenge, not a solution - opinion

It is past time to replace UNRWA - which has done less to help the Palestinians than to perpetuate the conflict - with organizations that are not rife with terrorists and terrorist enablers.

DECEMBER 25, 2024ByAMI H. ORKABY
THE SIGN on UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza City is damaged amid the ongoing war. Says the writer: This UN agency deserves every sanction – it is corrupt, its actions encouraged terror and some of its workers were directly involved in October 7. Yet it provides health, education, etc.