Israel asylum seekers

Zionist Iranian dissident Ramin Parsa granted residency in Israel after years-long battle 

The permit gives Parsa temporary status for one year. After that, he said, he will have to apply again, with the possibility of eventually seeking permanent residency.

Ramin Parsa, an Iranian dissident and pro-Israel activist living in Jerusalem, was granted a one-year temporary residency permit. Photo taken October 11, 2026.
 Buses in central Jerusalem, February 12, 2025

Police arrest six minors, one Israeli suspect in gang-affiliated Tel Aviv bus assault

 SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.

Asylum-seeking, refugee women in Israel endure higher poverty rates and exploitation - report

 Ukrainian refugees arrive in Israel on February 9, 2023

From one war to another: Ukrainian refugees in Israel left without safety net, NGO report says


How a Jewish country should not deal with asylum seekers

The government's policy towards Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers fails to live up to Israel's moral standards.

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

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

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

April 8, 2018 Flip-flop on migrants

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State tells court: African country suitable to receive deported migrants

Unnamed state said to meet conditions to accept expelled asylum seekers after PM flip-flop on UN Deal.

Demonstrators gather in Jerusalem to protest the government's deportation plan

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

Flip-flop nation: Jerusalem's endless 'crisis management' policy

Prime minister Netanyahu's sudden cancellation of the asylum seekers deal is the latest in a long series of reversals.

 A demolished house in the unrecognized Bedouin village of al-Arakib, few days after all the houses of the village were demolished by Israeli law enforcements, 31 July 2010

Netanyahu on asylum seekers: Yes, a 360 degree turn

The prime minister's abrupt reversal of Israel's announced deal with the UNHCR has ramifications for the country's political future.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu’s public demonstration of indecisiveness, bad policy

Whether you support or oppose the government’s original policy of deporting the African migrants, it is callous to play this way with peoples’ lives.

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