Migrant workers in israel

'Home is here': Art exhibition showcases undocumented children's stories amid release of new report

Heartfelt art exhibit soon to open in Tel Aviv, featuring the work of children facing the threat of deportation due to their status as the children of migrant workers in Israel.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Painting of the government complex build with people protesting in front of it against the deportation of themselves, their families, or their friends.ing in Tel Aviv
THE POPULATION and Immigration Authority office in Jerusalem yesterday.

Ten Indian foreign workers rescued from Palestinian village

Ten Indian foreign workers were rescued from al-Zaim after they were promised work in that area by a Palestinian resident who then took their passports, preventing them from leaving.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Training at a construction site.

Ambitious Initiative: New Israeli city proposed to house tens of thousands of foreign construction

At the National Economics Conference in Eilat, PMO Director-General Yossi Sheli proposed a housing city near Modi'in for foreign construction workers

|ByOFER PETERSBURG
Likud MK Eliyahu Ravivo at a hearing with the Special Committee for Foreign Workers last month.

Likud MK Eliyahu Ravivo to sue state over lack of foreign worker documentation

Ravivo asked the housing and foreign ministries to examine whether there was an obstacle to transferring workers' documents from abroad to the Special Committee for Foreign Workers.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Come and Kuchinate with me

it behooves us to consider our own past while we consider what to do with those drifting souls.

JULY 12, 2018ByPAMELA PELED
KUCHINATE, ‘CROCHETING’ in Tigrinya, the language of Eritrea, is a collective of African asylum-seeking women who crochet colorful baskets and carpets in a studio pulsing with children, hot food, volunteers and nuns

Filipino guest workers come to Israel... and decide to embrace Judaism

While many Filipinos come to Israel for a few years to make money in a developed economy, the Lopez family converted to Judaism. And as of May, they still hadn’t told their Filipino friends.

JULY 8, 2018ByBEN SALES/JTA
Friday afternoon in the Filipino shuk, outside Evelyn’s Market, brings customers from all over Tel Aviv and Israel

This week in 60 seconds: Mossad blamed for death of Hamas-affiliated engineer in Malaysia

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

APRIL 26, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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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.

APRIL 4, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV
African asylum seekers line up to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

Justices: Is Israel now deporting migrants against their will?

It has been widely reported that most migrants are being deported to Rwanda, while Uganda has been mentioned as a secondary destination.

MARCH 12, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
African migrants wait in line for the Population and Immigration Authority office to open in Bnei Brak.

Deportation dilemma: Should they go or should they stay?

As Israel begins the deportation process against asylum seekers, Eritreans are given legal recourse to stay.

MARCH 10, 2018ByMARK WEISS
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

Extending my hand to Africans in Israel

Horror stories from the visa office were peppered with the darkest gallows humor. As far as jokes go, I told them, you’re officially Jewish now.

JANUARY 23, 2018ByAVIDAN FREEDMAN
An African refugee in south Tel Aviv wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust: “I promise to remember... and never forget!”

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.

NOVEMBER 29, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Residents of south Tel Aviv protest against African migrants living in their neighbourhood

Israel sees record number of migrant workers over past five years

With the signing of several bilateral agreements, the ease by which foreign workers can travel to Israel has increased markedly.

NOVEMBER 7, 2017BySARAH LEVI
Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel

The African & Asian Migrants Could Help Israel's Security

OCTOBER 2, 2017ByDMITRI SHUFUTINSKY
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