African migrants

Ceuta is not just Europe’s migration crisis; it is Africa’s wake-up call - opinion

A young population is only an advantage if young people believe they have a future where they are.

Migrants, some of them minors, queue to receive food staples from local NGO Media Luna Blanca in an industrial area where they are sleeping amid recent mass crossings by migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into the Spanish territory, Migrants, some of them minorsin Ceuta, Spain, August 6, 2026.
Supporters of the South African anti-immigrant group 'March and March' hold a demonstration, after an unofficial June 30 deadline set by anti-immigrant groups for undocumented migrants to leave the country had passed, in Umzimkhulu, South Africa, July 13, 2026.

South Africa's anti-immigrant unrest tests its pan-African standing

Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat react as they are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025.

Libya says 17 migrants perish at sea, nine missing feared dead

African illegal immigrants wait to board a boat in the southern port city of Aden on September 26, 2016, before being deported to Somalia.

More than 60 migrants die as boat sinks off Yemen, dozens missing


Amnesty International blasts Israel’s ‘cruel’ migrant deportations

NGO says it documented transfers that don’t meet standards for voluntariness, are illegal.

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.

Police arrest two anti-migrant demonstrators in South Tel Aviv

Some 100 protesters in south TA call for deportation of asylum seekers

African migrants stand on their balconies 370

Time to be sensible about African asylum seekers in Israel

With the deal canceled and Israel seemingly stuck now with 40,000 asylum seekers, unrealistic solutions began flowing in from both sides of the refugee matrix.

A boy takes part in a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport African migrants, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 24, 2018.

Time to be sensible about African asylum seekers in Israel

The question remains: if the UNHCR deal moves ahead, how should Israel deal with those asylum seekers remaining in Israel?

MEN STANDING near the Holot facility.

Reopening Holot is ‘yet another spin,’ setting us back years, NGO says

Standing Together has led a campaign in the past few months to prevent the deportation of African migrants.

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

Jewish lawmakers protest Netanyahu double-take on African asylum seekers

The lawmakers, all Democrats, wrote of their “concern” and “dismay” at the prime minister’s about-face.

African migrants walk outside Holot open detention center in Israel's southern Negev desert

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

State to High Court: African migrant deportation negotiations stuck

The state on Sunday released over 200 migrants from the Saharonim detention center in the south due to the lack of a deal.

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

Israel to free 200 migrants detained at Saharonim Prison

Migrants and rights groups say the migrants are seeking asylum after fleeing war and persecution, but the government maintains that they are "job seekers" and "infiltrators."

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

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.