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A father and son protest the planned deportations outside of the Rwandan Embassy on January 22, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
January 26, 2018, 3:45 pm
307 kids have nowhere to go
These are children who lost their families to war, ethnic cleansing and murder; how can we ignore them?
By Benjamin Lau
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during an Israel Beytenu faction meeting at the Knesset on June 6, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 14, 2016, 11:04 am
Defense minister ordered end to soldiers helping migrant kids
Liberman reportedly told IDF chief of staff that servicemembers should volunteer with 'Holocaust survivors or the needy' instead
By Raoul Wootliff
In this Saturday, May 7, 2016 photo, Eritrean Christian Orthodox migrants attend a mass at a makeshift church in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
May 19, 2016, 10:39 pm
Eritrean migrants find escape in Tel Aviv church
Makeshift center of worship provides spiritual relief to hundreds of migrants facing hardship in Israel
By Oded Balilty
Illustrative photo of Border Police on Jaffa Road, near Jerusalem's Old City, October 23, 2014 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 19, 2016, 7:12 pm
Cops, soldier jailed for robbing foreign workers at gunpoint
3 convicted of handcuffing Chinese, Eritrean construction workers and taking thousands of shekels, cellphones
By TOI staff
August 5, 2015, 1:36 pm
Our turn to care for caregivers
The migrant workers who serve our sick, elderly and disabled are themselves exploited and denied rights
By Sydney Taylor
A Visa anti-logo created by an artist to draw attention to human rights abuses in Qatar to prepare for the 2022 World Cup. (Screen capture: Boredpanda/Reddit)
May 31, 2015, 6:40 am
Anti-logos shame FIFA sponsors
Amid corruption scandal, logos of famous brands photoshopped to imply they condone human rights violations
By TOI staff and AFP
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz. (photo credit: FLASH90)
April 21, 2015, 3:42 am
Minister: Migrants’ deaths show why fence is necessary
While lamenting drowning of 700 people, Yisrael Katz also praises government's actions to stop influx via Egypt
By JTA
Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaking at the ADL Centennial Summit in Washington, April 29, 2013. (David Karp/via JTA)
February 15, 2014, 4:51 am
ADL welcomes Israeli decision on migrant children
Move to give residency to 221 kids reflects Jewish values, fulfills 'important promise' to kids
By Yifa Yaakov
Hundreds of female African asylum seekers and their children participate in a protest march towards the US Embassy in Tel Aviv on January 15, 2014, calling on the Israeli government to grant them asylum and work rights. (photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
January 20, 2014, 8:47 pm
Refugees to protest at Israeli embassies worldwide
African asylum seekers in Canada, Australia and the European Union to show solidarity Wednesday with migrants' struggle
By TOI staff
African asylum seekers hold up a sign that reads, 'We are not animals' during a protest outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, on Monday (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
January 7, 2014, 12:18 am
African migrants take protest to Tel Aviv beach
On Day 2 of a three-day strike, thousands of men, mostly Eritreans, march onto the city's famed boardwalk, stopping in front of the US Embassy
By Ben Sales
An African migrant in Levinsky Park in southern Tel Aviv (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 2, 2013, 9:58 am
‘South Tel Aviv is South Sudan now’
As African migrants flood the area, Jewish residents say they feel forgotten by their government
By Debra Kamin
Bodies of drowned migrants are lined up in the port of Lampedusa Thursday, October 3, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Nino Randazzo, Health Care Service, HO)
October 3, 2013, 2:37 pm
At least 78 dead in migrant shipwreck off Sicily
Some 250 still unaccounted for; Italian interior minister overseeing rescue operation as Pope Francis sends condolences
By AP and TOI staff
African migrants protest against the government's deportation policy in April (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
February 27, 2013, 3:49 am
Rights groups rebuke Israel for repatriating African migrants
Government says departures are voluntary, but asylum seekers claim they're pressured to leave
By Daniel Estrin
African migrants protest against the government's deportation policy in April (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
October 25, 2012, 9:54 pm
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
Illustrative photo of street scene in south Tel Aviv (photo credit: Nicky Kelvin/Flash90)
August 30, 2012, 2:31 am
Separate shelters for migrant workers in Netivot
Mayor denies talks of segregation, saying 'it's about protecting those people'
By Philip Podolsky
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