Migrants in israel

Israel's population hits 10 million people before 2025

Population in Israel grows by 1.1% in 2024 as record emigration and deaths impact growth, a Central Bureau of Statistics report found.

 People watch the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, in Saker Park, Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.
 Thai workers in Otef. "The Thais call and want to return, but no one here handles the procedure"

Thailand names four Thai nationals killed by Hezbollah rocket fire

 An empty migrant boat washed up on Israel's Mediterranean shore on October 1, 2023

Abandoned boat with Somali belongings found on Israeli shore

An African migrant sits near the Old Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2020

Israel to bring thousands more foreign workers to tackle high living costs


The businessman's solution to Israel’s migrant crisis

‘It’s a win-win-win’

Tel Aviv skyline

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.

Lawmakers cut debt for employers of asylum-seekers

This arrangement only applies until the end of June, after which the previous arrangement will resume.

Teklit Michael, 29, an asylum seeker from Eritrea, works in the kitchen of a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel

State waffles before court on Uganda deportation deal

Representatives dodge questions as to whether there’s an agreement, admit 1,749 expelled there since 2015.

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

New Israel Fund grantees asked Rwandan government not to accept migrants

New Israel Fund CEO: If such a letter led Rwanda to cancel an agreement, it's a failure of Israel’s foreign policy.

Protestors demonstrate against Israel's plan to deport asylum-seekers

Netanyahu’s leadership: An autopsy

The Netanyahu who this week zigzagged the way one may when chased by a crocodile, is the same one who reversed his own government’s decision to accommodate non-Orthodox prayers at the Western Wall.

An African migrant sits on the street in Tel Aviv, Israel January 31, 2018.

Jerusalem resident ordered to remove anti-deportation sign from apartment

Following a Facebook post that received dozens of replies, the municipality retracted its demand.

The sign on Kramarski's apartment in Rehavia, Jerusalem

UNHRC in talks with gov’t to find safe alternatives for African migrants

Majority deported to Rwanda and Uganda said to end up homeless and exploited.

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.

Two-thirds of Israelis favor deporting African migrants, poll finds

Two-thirds of the public (65.9%) support the plan, but there is a gap between Israeli Jews, 69% of whom back it, and Israeli Arabs, among whom only 50% are for deportation.

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.

Rabbis call for more accepting stance to African asylum seekers

Rabbi Hartman: Israel society becoming more xenophobic, calls rejection of asylum seekers embarrassing

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