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In this photo supplied by Australia's Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke's office, the Minister Tony Burke, center, poses in an undisclosed location with five Iranian soccer players who were granted asylum in Australia on March 10, 2026. (Australia Ministry of Home Affairs via AP)
April 17, 2026, 8:23 am
‘Safe haven’: Iranian soccer players who sought asylum in Australia thank supporters
Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh, the only two members of the team who ultimately remained behind, say they hope to continue their sporting careers in new home
By Agencies
Members of Iran's women's football team walk with their luggage as they arrive at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport after taking part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 tournament in Australia, in Sepang on March 11, 2026. (ARIF KARTONO / AFP)
March 11, 2026, 9:56 am
After some accept asylum, most of Iran women’s soccer team declines and leaves Australia
Seven agreed to humanitarian visas to stay permanently, but one later reverses course and contacts the Iranian embassy to arrange her return
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and JOHN PYE
Iran's Zahra Sarbali, top, and Philippines' Malea Cesar battle for the ball during the Women's Asian Cup soccer match between Iran and the Philippines in Robina, Australia, March 8, 2026. (Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP)
March 9, 2026, 6:35 pm
Trump calls on Australia to give asylum to Iranian women’s soccer team members
US president says Washington will take in athletes if Canberra doesn’t, amid fears they could be persecuted after declining to sing national anthem before one of their games
By Reuters
Protesters march in a demonstration in south Tel Aviv against Israel's planned deportation of African migrants and refugees, February 24, 2018. (Miriam Herschlag/ Times of Israel/ File)
February 10, 2026, 12:04 am
Rights groups call on Interior Ministry to freeze deportation of Ethiopian migrants
With Foreign Ministry warning against travel to Tigray, groups say Ethiopia still too volatile to be safe
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: German federal police guards at the border control station Kiefersfelden, southern Germany, May 15, 2025. (Michaela Stache / AFP)
May 21, 2025, 12:48 pm
Germany busts far-right group for planning attacks on political opponents
5 teenagers arrested for involvement with extremist ‘Last Defense Wave,’ which allegedly aimed to destabilize country’s democratic system, attacked asylum seeker sites
By Geir Moulson
Organizers and farmers co-design a solar field in western Uganda as part of a Gigawatt Global project, Kyenjojo District, Uganda, April 13, 2024. (Jeje Canutum)
March 11, 2025, 3:46 pm
Jewish and Israeli aid groups are hit by Trump’s suspension of USAID, refugee program
After the US president orders America’s largest aid body gutted, repercussions are felt around the world as programs benefiting people from Africa to Gaza have their funding frozen
By Sue Surkes
Eritreans near the scene where two Eritrean asylum seekers were killed in a fight with pro-regime activists, in south Tel Aviv, August 24, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
August 25, 2024, 12:31 am
Far-right minister calls for expulsion of Eritrean asylum seekers after deadly brawl
Ben Gvir’s demand follows Tel Aviv fight between pro-regime and anti-regime factions in which two people were killed
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Eritrean migrants arrested by police following a brawl in south Tel Aviv on July 7, 2024. (Israel Police)
July 8, 2024, 12:29 am
One killed, one seriously injured in brawl between rival Eritrean groups in Tel Aviv
In latest clashes between pro-regime, anti-regime migrants — including some asylum seekers — police say people were attacked with spikes and clubs, pelted with stones
By ToI Staff
Ahmed Alid, a Moroccan asylum seeker who stabbed an elderly man to death, in Hartlepool, northeast England, October 15, 2023. (Counter Terrorism Policing North East)
April 26, 2024, 8:49 am
UK convicts Moroccan of murdering retiree so ‘Palestine would be free from Zionists’
Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed elderly man to death in the week after Oct. 7 massacre, also wounded housemate in chest while screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ and assaulted two police officers
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative -- Palestinians cross to the Egyptian side of the border crossing with the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
April 4, 2024, 2:16 am
UK charities urge government to welcome Gazans with family ties in Britain
Tens of thousands of Gazans who manage to leave the Strip linger in limbo, with very few countries – none in the Arab world – willing to take them in as refugees
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Police at the scene of a brawl between Eritrean migrants in Netanya, Sept. 30, 2023. (Israel Police)
September 30, 2023, 11:32 pm
Eritrean man stabbed to death in Netanya, in latest brawl between migrants
Violence between supporters and opponents of regime has been on the rise; deadly incident follows overnight clashes in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (L) at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 10, 2023, 4:14 pm
Cabinet allocates NIS 20 million to encourage migrants to leave country
Funds earmarked to encourage ‘voluntary departure,’ week after a massive street brawl between Eritrean migrants injured over 170
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Eritrean protesters clash with Israeli riot police in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, September 2, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
September 9, 2023, 6:16 am
After riot, police said to order closure of Tel Aviv Eritrean churches over weekend
Law enforcement meets with church leaders, temporarily shutters 4 houses of worship to head off further violence following clashes last week, report says
By ToI Staff
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel seen during a meeting of his Shas party faction meeting, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 4, 2023, 6:55 pm
Interior minister admits asylum requests held up due to ‘tremendous’ lack of staff
Moshe Arbel says skilled workers needed to process applications, but monthly wage is low; adds that convincing migrants to leave of their own accord is ‘good solution’
By ToI Staff
African asylum seekers and activists protest against plans to deport migrants at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on March 24, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 2, 2023, 8:59 pm
Eritreans in Israel: Long neglected, divided amongst themselves and dividing society
A look at the community that makes up the majority of African migrants in Israel, many of them saying they are fleeing a brutal dictatorship
By ToI Staff
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