Immigration

Female migrants in Spain's Ceuta face constant threat of sexual violence

Camped outside, the women are sleeping in the open air along with hundreds of other Moroccan, sub-Saharan and South Asian migrants.

Migrants are seen in an improvised shanty camp in El Trampolin Beach on August 14, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain. Fears of a second surge of migrant crossings into the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta have intensified following anonymous social media calls claiming that the border will open.
Gadi Eisenkot, Yashar leader, speaks at meeting about plan to make aliyah and absorption easier.

Eisenkot's Yashar unveils plan to support new olim integrating into Israel

New immigrants from Great Neck New York's Persian Jewish community arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. August 11, 2026.

'Time to come home': Seven families from New York's Persian Jewish community make aliyah together

Eli Bentata​, chair of the MATI Jerusalem Board, opens the organization’s new office in Jerusalem.

‘My form of Zionism’: Jerusalem nonprofit helps new olim build businesses in Israel


Ceuta and Melilla: Europe's most fortified border also serves as a Jewish religious boundary

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Spain’s Ceuta and Melilla have become the center of a migration crisis, reviving geopolitical tensions while highlighting a crossroads of Jewish history and culture.

RABBI AARON PERETZ reviews the security fence on the border between Melilla and Morocco, accompanied by agents of the Civil Guard, last July.

Spain struggles to identify 80 migrants killed after mass Ceuta crossing

Only a handful of the 80 migrants found dead after the mass crossing into Ceuta have been identified, leaving families searching for answers.

Migrants wait in line to receive food and beverage from the Red Cross, following mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, August 3, 2026.

Trump moves to curb birth tourism with new executive orders on citizenship

Limiting birthright citizenship has been one of the top priorities in the Republican president's crackdown on immigration.

White House senior advisors Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others stand behind U.S. President Donald Trump as he holds up an executive order on anti-semitism that he signed during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S

Family of man who died in ICE detention in New Jersey alleges medical negligence in custody

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, an immigrant from El Salvador, was pronounced dead on Saturday at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Jersey.

The daughter of Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, who died on Saturday while in ICE custody, is consoled by family members during a press conference in Highland Park, New Jersey, US, August 4, 2026.

MK Kariv warns of emigration 'tsunami' as study shows nearly 270,000 people left Israel since 2023

The study, based on data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, found that over 90,000 Israelis left the country in 2025 for three or more consecutive months. 

A British Airways flight at Ben-Gurion Airport, February 25, 2026.

Twenty years on, Israel at Heart celebrates the Ethiopian families who made the journey twice

Two decades after its founding, Israel at Heart honors the Ethiopian-Israeli families whose sacrifices paved the way for a new generation of students, soldiers and leaders.

The Israel at Heart current cohort with RUNI VP Jonathan Davis and Philanthropist Joey Low.

WATCH: Over 30 arrested in crackdown on smuggling of illegal West Bank immigrants

Also on Sunday, 11 illegal immigrants were arrested after attempting to enter Israeli territory by breaching a border checkpoint on the perimeter of Jerusalem.

The IDF conducts large-scale anti-illegal immigration operations in the West Bank on July 26, 2026.

Islamic charity allegedly tied to IRGC granted right to sponsor migrant visas in the UK- report

The charity has previously been accused of having ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and has been formally reprimanded for posting video clips calling for Israel's destruction.

A man walks past an Islamic Centre in Luton, southern England December 13, 2010.

'We want them to feel at home': RZP has done 'a great deal' for olim, Smotrich tells 'Post'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tells The Jerusalem Post why new immigrants should support the Religious Zionist Party in the upcoming election.

Finance Minister and Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich at the primary count, Jerusalem, July 26, 2026.

Dutch descendant of Righteous Among the Nations fights for Israeli residency

The Interior Ministry rejected Ellen Monique Tjittes' application, citing an age restriction that her attorney says conflicts with the procedure and a January 2026 court ruling.

Ellen Monique Tjittes, a 56-year-old Dutch Christian whose grandfather and great-grandparents were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.