Eritrean migrants in israel

Religious Zionist MK to advance bill greatly limiting migration into Israel

If the bill is to pass, Israel would have a set annual quota for people gaining refugee status in the country.

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023
 Toronto police work at the scene of a protest held by Eritrean anti-government protestors outside a pro-government event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 2, 2023.

Violent protests against Eritrea's government are an international occurrence

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convening a ministerial task force on the Eritrean riots in Tel Aviv on September 3, 2023

Netanyahu calls to deport Eritreans after hundreds hurt in Tel Aviv riot

South Tel Aviv protest. August 1, 2021.

Demonstrators at south Tel Aviv protest attack police, asylum seekers


Court acquits 2 men who lynched, mistook Eritrean refugee for a terrorist

Video images of the attack show Zarhum incapacitated and lying in a pool of his own blood being kicked by bystanders who thought he was an assailant.

Blood at the scene where terrorist was shot at the Beersheba central bus station on October 18, 2015

Eritrean people never fled because of the war with Ethiopia

Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel and around the world didn’t flee our country because of war with Ethiopia; we Eritreans fled our beloved home because of the tyrant, Isaias Afewerki.

A man walks in front of a church in Eritrea

Lower court: Eritrean asylum seekers can be deported to country of origin

Judge Feshititsky gave migrants a small "consolation prize", saying that if deportation still is not feasible for any reason, the state should grant Eritreans permanent status in Israel.

African migrants around the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv

Police find Eritrean stabbing victim lying in pool of blood in south TA

30-year-old man was evacuated in moderate condition to Ichilov Hospital

Police find stabbing victim lying in pool of blood on Finn Street in south Tel Aviv

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.

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.

Four injured in clashes between Eritreans in South Tel Aviv

Nearby, protests held in support and against migrants

demonstrators hold a petition for rehabilitation of South Tel Aviv

Lawmakers cut debt for employers of asylum-seekers

This arrangement only applies until the end of June, after which the previous arrangement will resume.

Teklit Michael, 29, an asylum seeker from Eritrea, works in the kitchen of a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel

Special report: Gov't ignoring socio-economic rights of migrants

The state comptroller said that migrants’ health issues, trauma from having been tortured or used in the slave trade and inability to afford basic items like food have been ignored.

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

Israel to reopen migrant prisons after admitting deportation plan failed

MK Shelly Yacimovich said that the state's announcement is "a welcome step that will save Israel from committing a serious and harmful act."

Protestors demonstrate against Israel's plan to deport asylum-seekers

South Tel Aviv leader says ‘national struggle’ to reject migrants

“The ‘rehabilitation’ of southern Tel Aviv is not just a local battle,” he said, “It is part of a greater national struggle.”

Residents of south Tel Aviv protest against African migrants living in their neighbourhood

Uganda considering Israeli request to take African migrants, minister says

In January, Israel started handing out notices to male migrants from Eritrea and Sudan giving them three months to take the voluntary deal with a plane ticket and $3,500 or risk being thrown in jail.

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.