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Topic: asylum seekers

April 10, 2013
3:51 am

South Tel Aviv residents protest the influx of migrants in their neighborhoods in May 2012. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel will keep sending home African migrants, Sa’ar says

During interior minister’s first tour of south Tel Aviv, residents complain of government inaction, and one calls the neighborhood a ‘ghetto’

By Michal Shmulovich

February 22, 2013
7:34 pm

Iranian diplomat defects to Norway

Lawyer says government policies are leading citizens, including diplomats, to join foreign-based opposition groups

February 15, 2013
12:22 pm

Orel Ben Ari, left, the head of the Tel Aviv Refugee Clinic (the Public Clinic), pictured with a young Eritrean man who had fled to Israel after sustaining several physical and emotional traumas in Egypt, including the loss of his hand, before being granted asylum in Europe. (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel)

Volunteer medical clinic for migrants gets big boost from government

State funding expands an idealist’s healthcare project that is partly humanitarian, promises to stem overcrowding in hospitals, can help Israel’s image, and will probably save money

By Michal Shmulovich

January 31, 2013
6:08 pm

The newly erected border fence between Israel and Egypt, January 2012 (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Only 10 African migrants enter Israel in January

Influx of asylum-seekers halted, interior minister says, but mission not complete while thousands still reside in the country

By Philip Podolsky

January 2, 2013
6:09 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends on Wednesday the ceremony marking the completion of the main section of the Israeli-Egyptian border fence (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/FLASH90)

Hailing completion of main part of Egypt border fence, PM vows to send home migrants already in Israel

Netanyahu says Israel has ‘achieved the impossible’ by building 142-mile fence to keep out terrorists, smugglers, and migrants

By Michal Shmulovich

October 28, 2012
8:58 pm

Sudanese and Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv (photo credit: Nicky Kelvin/Flash90)

Yishai crows over steep drop in migrants entering through Sinai

Only 49 sneak into Israel in October, as opposed to 1,998 in same month last year

By Philip Podolsky

October 25, 2012
9:54 pm

African migrants protest against the government's deportation policy in April (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Plan to detain asylum seekers not gov’t policy, State Attorney’s Office says

Eli Yishai’s October 15 ultimatum to Sudanese facing deportation has yet to go through appropriate legislative channels

By Philip Podolsky

October 11, 2012
11:01 pm

Court nixes arrests of Sudanese asylum seekers

Eli Yishai decries decision, says human rights groups should focus on working ‘for the benefit of Israel’s citizens’

By Philip Podolsky

September 30, 2012
3:40 pm

Israel’s African ‘ushpizin’ — welcome or unwanted?

The custom of according succor to the other is an integral part of the Jewish tradition, and the Jewish state has been consistently defying it

By Naomi Chazan

September 23, 2012
10:04 am

Israeli security forces seen near the newly built barrier on the border between Egypt and Israel. June, 2012. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/FLASH90)

In wake of border attack, IDF tells soldiers to use caution when dealing with asylum-seekers

Netanel Yahalomi killed on Friday while bringing water to migrants, underscoring lingering lawlessness in Egyptian territory

By Stuart Winer

September 12, 2012
7:02 pm

Street art, depicting an artist graffitiing, in south Tel aviv (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel)

Art or vandalism? Graffiti paints life into unexpected corners

From surfboard exhibitions to poetry on walls in Florentin, Israeli artists are exploring new media for their work. Along the way, graffiti is being accepted by the art establishment

By Michal Shmulovich

September 6, 2012
11:47 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and cabinet members at the defense budget meeting in Tel Aviv Wednesday (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

Loose lips sink cabinets

Netanyahu wants to know which of his ministers is talking to the press. Some papers want to know where Mr. Leaky himself gets off

By Joshua Davidovich

July 29, 2012
5:22 pm

Aaron Frazer speaking at the Livnota b'esh (build it by fire) barbecue to promote conversations between African refugees and Israelis at the Levinsky Park Thursday (photo credit: MIchal Shmulovich)

A celebratory meal, for Tisha B’Av, with African asylum-seekers?

Idealists young and old, foreign and local, reach out to a group of Sudanese migrants in the Tel Aviv park they call home

By Michal Shmulovich

July 3, 2012
6:14 pm

Migrants from South Sudan gather in Tel Aviv to protest Israeli immigration policy on June 10 (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/FLASH90)

Canadian MP: MKs should tone down anti-migrant rhetoric

Former justice minister Irwin Cotler also urges Israel to forge a clear policy on African asylum-seekers

By Matti Friedman

June 18, 2012
1:41 pm

A South Sudanese man waves from inside an airplane at Ben Gurion airport (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

HIV, Greece, and emigrating migrants

A hospital error, a hopeful vote, and homebound Africans

By Ilan Ben Zion

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: asylum seekers

Israel will keep sending home African migrants, Sa’ar says

During interior minister’s first tour of south Tel Aviv, residents complain of government inaction, and one calls the neighborhood a ‘ghetto’

Iranian diplomat defects to Norway

Lawyer says government policies are leading citizens, including diplomats, to join foreign-based opposition groups

Volunteer medical clinic for migrants gets big boost from government

State funding expands an idealist’s healthcare project that is partly humanitarian, promises to stem overcrowding in hospitals, can help Israel’s image, and will probably save money

Only 10 African migrants enter Israel in January

Influx of asylum-seekers halted, interior minister says, but mission not complete while thousands still reside in the country

Hailing completion of main part of Egypt border fence, PM vows to send home migrants already in Israel

Netanyahu says Israel has ‘achieved the impossible’ by building 142-mile fence to keep out terrorists, smugglers, and migrants

Yishai crows over steep drop in migrants entering through Sinai

Only 49 sneak into Israel in October, as opposed to 1,998 in same month last year

Plan to detain asylum seekers not gov’t policy, State Attorney’s Office says

Eli Yishai’s October 15 ultimatum to Sudanese facing deportation has yet to go through appropriate legislative channels

Court nixes arrests of Sudanese asylum seekers

Eli Yishai decries decision, says human rights groups should focus on working ‘for the benefit of Israel’s citizens’

Israel’s African ‘ushpizin’ — welcome or unwanted?

The custom of according succor to the other is an integral part of the Jewish tradition, and the Jewish state has been consistently defying it

In wake of border attack, IDF tells soldiers to use caution when dealing with asylum-seekers

Netanel Yahalomi killed on Friday while bringing water to migrants, underscoring lingering lawlessness in Egyptian territory

Art or vandalism? Graffiti paints life into unexpected corners

From surfboard exhibitions to poetry on walls in Florentin, Israeli artists are exploring new media for their work. Along the way, graffiti is being accepted by the art establishment

Loose lips sink cabinets

Netanyahu wants to know which of his ministers is talking to the press. Some papers want to know where Mr. Leaky himself gets off

A celebratory meal, for Tisha B’Av, with African asylum-seekers?

Idealists young and old, foreign and local, reach out to a group of Sudanese migrants in the Tel Aviv park they call home

Canadian MP: MKs should tone down anti-migrant rhetoric

Former justice minister Irwin Cotler also urges Israel to forge a clear policy on African asylum-seekers

HIV, Greece, and emigrating migrants

A hospital error, a hopeful vote, and homebound Africans

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