September 2, 2015
12:58 am

A group of refugees walk on the railway tracks after crossing from Serbia, in Roszke, Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Hungary bars migrants from trains; smugglers wait in wings

Germany’s Merkel warns EU’s longstanding commitment to passport-free travel is under threat

By Shawn Pogatchnik and Pablo Gorondi

September 1, 2015
12:34 pm

Migrants and refugees crowd the platforms at the Keleti (eastern) railway station in Budapest on September 1, 2015. (Attila Kisbenedek)

Hungary shuts down rail traffic for westward-bound migrants

Train station cleared as Budapest caves to pressure from other European countries; minor scuffles break out

By Pablo Gorondi

August 26, 2015
4:01 pm

An African illegal migrant walks with the Israeli flag following his release from the Holot Detention Centre in Israel's Negev desert, on August 25, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)

Israel frees hundreds more African migrants from detention

Second wave of refugees and asylum seekers held for over a year at Holot facility are released, but banned from Tel Aviv, Eilat

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

August 25, 2015
4:31 pm

African illegal migrants carry their belongings following their release from the Holot Detention Center in Israel's Negev desert, on August 25, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)

Arad mayor orders police to block migrants from city

Fearing hundreds of newly freed detainees will flock to southern cities, mayor urges residents to help keep them out

August 25, 2015
2:17 pm

Former IDF brig. gen. Gal Hirsch (Moshe Milner/GPO/ Flash 90)

Erdan defends decision to appoint outsider to head police

Other cops, families bereaved in 2nd Lebanon War criticize choice of ex-IDF general who led division during 2006 campaign

By Jonathan Beck

August 25, 2015
9:06 am

African migrants protest outside Holot detention center in the Negev Desert, southern Israel. February 17, 2014. (FLASH90)

Migrants begin to be freed from detention center

After court ruling, African migrants and asylum seekers held for more than a year at Holot to be released, but are banned from heading to Tel Aviv, Eilat

By Avi Lewis

August 24, 2015
12:49 pm

Interior Minister Silvan Shalom speaks during an Immigration and Absorption Committee at the Knesset, Jerusalem, July 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minister pans rights groups for hampering anti-migrant efforts

Silvan Shalom says more Africans coming in, hopes High Court won’t block plan to ban asylum-seekers from Tel Aviv, Eilat

By Stuart Winer

August 23, 2015
8:10 pm

African migrants protest outside the Holot detention center in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, February 17, 2014. (Flash90)

Freed migrants banned from Tel Aviv and Eilat

Interior minister imposes restrictions as court-ordered mass release from Holot center comes into effect

By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff

August 16, 2015
9:59 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel (left) listen to a debate in the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament in Berlin, on July 17, 2015. (John McDougall/AFP)

Migrants bigger challenge for EU than Greek debt — Merkel

German chancellor condemns growing wave of arson attacks on African refugee shelters as ‘unworthy of our country’

By AFP

August 15, 2015
3:08 am

Reform movement urges Israel to re-examine African asylum policy

After High Court ruling, Jewish refugee agency calls on government to treat migrants ‘with dignity and respect’

By JTA

August 13, 2015
3:46 pm

In this picture released by the Hezbollah media department, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. (Hezbollah Media Department via AP)

Deals, deals, deals

The papers focus on the Nasrallah-Zarif meeting, a new agreement on the offshore gas reserves, and the fate of migrants

By Marissa Newman

August 11, 2015
9:33 pm

African migrants protesting outside the Holot detention facility in February 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Court upholds ‘anti-infiltration’ law, but limits migrants’ detention time

Decision means most of those held at Holot facility will be released, others will take their place

By Tamar Pileggi

July 24, 2015
5:16 am

Migrants seen after disembarking from the Swedish Coast Guard ship KBV 001 Poseidon at the Reggio Calabria harbor in Italy, July 23, 2015. (AP/Adriana Sapone)

35-40 migrants drown off Libya, NGO reports

At least seven children among the dead in latest Mediterranean refugee tragedy, Save the Children says

By AP

July 8, 2015
7:17 pm

Migrants forced to choose between deportation and prison, NGO alleges

Hotline for Refugees and Migrants questions tactics on African ‘infiltrators’ at Holot detention center; Prisons Service disputes findings

By Aaron Jeremy Miller

July 7, 2015
9:50 am

Mutasim Ali speaks to Channel 2 television. (YouTube screen capture, Gadi Dan)

Weinstein orders asylum seeker freed after years of appeals

Darfur native Mutasim Ali to be released from Holot detention center, vows to keep fighting for fellow migrants