Asylum seekers

Afghan national jailed for 15 years in the UK for raping 12-year-old girl

Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, was convicted after a trial at Warwick Crown Court of one count of raping a child under 13 in Nuneaton, central England, last July.

Police officers stand outside New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, in London, Britain March 21, 2023.
Iranian players gesture from the bench during the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Group A match between South Korea and Iran at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast, Australia, March 2, 2026.

Iran's FM spox. calls Australia's offer for asylum to Iranian soccer players 'hypocrisy and deceit'

Iranian Women's national soccer team captain Zahra Ghanbari looks on during the Women's Asian Cup Iran press conference at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast, Australia, March 1, 2026.

Two members of Iranian women's soccer team train at new Australian club after five forgo asylum

Iranian players gesture from the bench during the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Group A match between South Korea and Iran at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast, Australia, March 2, 2026.

After ‘unique intervention,’ Iran’s women’s soccer team allowed to stay in Australia


How race and religion play a role in who gets refuge in the US

Opinion: Administration favoring white, mostly Christian refugees over other groups.

 krainians wait to cross the US border, in Tijuana

African asylum-seekers in Haifa struggle for survival

While most of the 28,000 asylum-seekers in Israel live in Tel Aviv, those in Haifa, numbering up to 800, are far less visible.

 An Eritrean Women's Empowerment Group.

Hope for Israel's Darfur asylum seekers after court ruling

Separated from his family, Hassan says he fled from Sudan to Egypt and on through the Sinai desert into Israel, where he has been living in immigration limbo for 11 years.

WOMEN WALK to the market in Abu Shock IDPs camp in Al Fashir, capital of North Darfur, Sudan, last year.

Dozens of Palestinians use Barcelona layover to seek asylum in Spain

It is the second attempt by a group of airline passengers to gain entry to Spain in less than two weeks.

Spain flag

Grapevine November 3, 2021: Doctors in the house

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Itsik Kamilian, CEO of the Ambassador's Club; Erez Naane; Bahraini Ambassador Khaled Yusef al-Jalahma; Yitzhak Eidan

Jerusalem Cinematheque to host fundraiser for African asylum-seekers

Jerusalem Cinematheque will screen Flee, a movie about Afghan refugees to raise funds for asylum seekers.

 Afghan refugees walk to a bus taking them to a processing center upon arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US.

Woman seeking political asylum to avoid being a queen can give a goat instead

A woman who is supposed to become a queen in her come country appealed for political asylum in Israel to avoid taking the throne.

Petting the goat, Iza Paziza, at Moshav Tal Shahar

Euro-Asian Jewish Congress leaders help Afghan refugees find asylum in Canada

Some 40 Afghan residents were granted asylum in Dubai and Canada on September 6.

 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress leaders help Afghan refugees find asylum in Canada

Israel's African asylum seekers are living in limbo

Israel's government tends to take a long time processing each individual’s claim for refugee status, and rarely grants it, leaving them stuck in a country with minimal rights and an uncertain future.

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

Activist banned by Knesset speaker for saying firing squad should kill MK

Meretz MK Gaby Lasky was told yesterday she should be killed after advocating for Israel to take in Afghan refugees.

 Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky is seen at the supreme court for hearing in Jerusalem on September 14, 2020.