African migrants

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

Libya is a transit route for migrants, many from sub-Saharan Africa, fleeing to Europe in the hopes of escaping conflict and poverty.

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.
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

Migration to South America.

Major genomic study reveals humanity's longest prehistoric migration from Africa to South America

 Sub-Saharan African migrants gather in a field where they live, in Jebiniana, Tunisia September 4, 2023.

Hundreds of west African migrants returned from Tunisia through IOM program


60 refugee law experts against Israel’s plan to deport asylum seekers

“We call on the state of Israel to refrain from carrying out the deportations and to release those who are being detained for refusing to cooperate with their prospective deportations.”

CHILDREN OF African asylum seekers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day

State to High Court: Working toward migrant deportation deal to Uganda

The circumstances of the deal of the third country, widely reported to be Uganda, were not revealed.

African migrants in Tel Aviv

Half a deal is better than no deal

The deal Israel hammered out with the UN was a good deal, even if it was only half a deal. No deal is perfect.

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

Why can’t Israel solve the problem of status-less Africans?

Did Netanyahu really believe he could get away with the agreement he reached with the UN secretly, without informing most of his coalition partners?

AN AFRICAN migrant sits on the street in Tel Aviv, earlier 2018

In Media: Israelis protest government's flip-flopping deportation plan

Israelis gathered in Jerusalem to demonstrate against the government's ever-changing policy towards migrants.

A young boy stands in front of demonstrators protesting the government's deportation plan

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.

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

With Rwanda out, state says looking into other options for deportation destination

The state told the High Court this morning that it will be investigating to see if another country fits the court's standards.

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

Analysis: The ramifications of Netanyahu's double u-turn

Here are a few takeaways from the last head-spinning 36 hours

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting on February 4, 2018.

Migrants wake to shattered dreams

"I woke up in the morning and there was nothing."

Crowds protest cancelling the UNHCR migrants deal outside the Ministry of Interior in Tel Aviv, April 3, 2018

Netanyahu completes about-face on migrants, says UNHCR deal is cancelled

“From time to time a decision is made that needs to be reconsidered.”

Asylum seekers and protesters demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to halt the UN asylum seeker deal in Jerusalem