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


Foreign children in Israeli jails: 'Mom, why are we here?'

Not just America: It is difficult to believe, but it is the reality in Israel in 2018 - children aged, 3, 5 and 7 sitting in prison like all other inmates.

A Nigerian woman and her children in Givon prison

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

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.

African migrants painted in white hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport part of their community, in front of the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel February 7, 2018

Amsalem: Netanyahu may go back to UN agreement on migrants

Coalition chairman said the PM may go back to plan he canceled within 24 hours of its announcement, and that the proposal to probe the New Israel Fund is toothless.

African asylum seekers line up to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

The triumph of Passover values

The outcry from so many in civil society was across the political and religious spectrum.

CHILDREN OF African asylum seekers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day

NGO: State detained Sudanese of Darfur until mid-March despite pledge

A recent report also sheds light on the treatment of transgender migrants, who are often placed in isolation in violation of their rights.

An African migrant holds an Israeli flag after being released from Holot detention centre in Israel's southern Negev desert August 25, 2015.

Despite High Court freeze, migrants fear nothing will stop deportations

African asylum-seeker: I am not a terrorist, don’t compare me to my father’s murderers

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

African migrants and Israelis protest deportations in Jerusalem

Several Israelis attending the protest said it was inhumane to send "the refugees back to the horrors they ran from."

African migrants and Israelis protest deportations in Jerusalem

Gov't in recruiting drive ahead of mass African asylum seeker deportation

The civilian inspectors will exclusively work for two years to identify and expel approximately 38,000 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers.

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

El Al pilots beseech int'l counterparts to refuse to fly refugees to Africa

"We are witnessing an unprecedented wave of protest by citizens from all walks of life."

African refugees hold up placades during a demonstatration on the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel

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