Asylum seekers

Spain plans stricter rules on asylum seekers in Ceuta after border crisis, draft decree shows

The decree, designed to speed up applications and deportations for over 10,000 migrants who remain in the tiny territory, would mark a major strategic shift for Spain's pro-immigration government.

Moroccan security forces clash with migrants attempting to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta near the town of Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31, 2026.
SOME 1,300 members and supporters of the Eritrean Blue Revolution Front attend their August Congress in Israel. The movement, which grew out of the diaspora-based Brigade N’Hamedu, says it seeks to turn years of activism into organized political opposition to President Isaias Afwerki’s government.

Eritrea's Blue Revolution: Inside the movement challenging one of Africa's longest-serving rulers

IRANIAN DISSIDENT Heydarian attends a regional NGO consultation in Geneva. He is now living in hiding while appealing Switzerland’s rejection of his asylum application.

Switzerland rejects asylum application from Iranian refugee pursuing Judaism

Endalkew Yemani Tesma, shown here in Jerusalem on Aug. 14, 2023, faces the possibility of deportation.

Ethiopian asylum seekers in Israel face deportation after years without permanent status


Deputy Tel Aviv mayor and family attacked by Eritrean youth

Goren called on the cooperation of local and state officials in addressing the problems of illegal immigration and lawlessness in south Tel Aviv.

Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro regime activists clash with Israeli police in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

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

Eritrean asylum seeker clashes are unacceptable – don't make them worse - editorial

Benjamin Netanyahu is correct in saying that the violence is absolutely unacceptable – and ultimately the blame lies with the protesters themselves.

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

SpaceX sued by US government over alleged asylee, refugee discrimination

Data from the company showed that in that period, 10,000 employees were hired. Of those 10,000, only one was an asylum seeker, allegedly hired months after the investigation began. 

 JEWISH UKRAINIAN refugees arrive at an IFCJ-JDC emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 2022.

UK unlawfully housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels

Judge Martin Chamberlain upheld a legal challenge brought by ECPAT over the accommodation of unaccompanied children seeking asylum.

 Immigration and police officers stand next to a car believed to have been used in a petrol bomb attack on the Border Force processing center in Dover, Britain, October 30, 2022.

'Nobody wants to be a refugee': Israel's asylum seekers speak out

In light of a new governmental plan to encourage asylum seekers to leave Israel, we speak to those affected, and those assisting them.

 USUMAIN BARAKA and friends from his high school in Yemin Orde.

Pilot program won’t desegregate South Tel Aviv schools, parents charge

There are fears that the Israeli Education Ministry’s motive to keep the schools segregated may be to prepare children of migrants for eventual deportation.

Children at a kindergarten for asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv.

Refugee Day 2023: Global trends and the situation in Israel

According to the Population and Immigration Authority, there are currently about 25,500 asylum seekers living in Israel, mainly from Eritrea and Sudan.

 SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.

Children of asylum seekers to be integrated into Tel Aviv schools

96 refugee children will be part of a pilot scheme to test whether their integration into the wider education system would be beneficial.

 SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.

Israel's Hotline for Refugees and Migrants to host World Refugee Day event

According to the Population and Immigration Authority, there are currently about 25,500 asylum seekers living in Israel, mainly from Eritrea and Sudan.

 SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.