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


UNHCR involved in finding safe alternative to Rwanda

The ministry recently announced that married men, women and children will not be subjected to deportation or imprisonment for the time being.

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!” (Reuters)

Meretz MKs on 'emergency trip' to Rwanda to check on deported migrants

“We came here to expose to the Israeli public one of the greatest injustices in the history of the State of Israel."

A general view of Rwanda's capital Kigali, March 26, 2014

Diplomats concerned about the future of African migrants

The numbers have now become unwieldy, said Rivlin, and in the process, the related problems have multiplied.

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

This week in 60 seconds: African migrants protest deportation in Israel

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

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Deputy FM says Israel can't monitor fate of African deportees

“We have to check what the High Court’s expectation is.”

South Sudanese man with suitcases prior to deportation

Government doesn’t meet High Court’s standard to deport migrants

“We have to check what the High Court’s expectation is.”

South Sudanese man with suitcases prior to deportation

Former Canadian official: Israel risks more damage if it deports migrants

"A Jewish and democratic state – which Israel is – can address and redress these problems, thereby reflecting and representing the best of our tradition and our democracy.”

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

Top legal experts: Migrant deportation in violation of international law

There are approximately 38,000 African migrants in Israel, 20,000 of whom reportedly were mailed Sunday’s ultimatum.

African migrants wait in line for the Population and Immigration Authority office to open in Bnei Brak.

Illegal migrants: Separating truth from hysteria

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

African asylum seekers told to leave Israel within 60 days

Anti-deportation activits warn that should the asylum-seekers be sent away this would be a 'stain to our DNA as Jewish people'.

African refugees hold up placades during a demonstatration on the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel