August 14, 2016
11:04 am

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during an Israel Beytenu faction meeting at the Knesset on June 6, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

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

May 19, 2016
10:39 pm

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)

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

January 19, 2016
7:12 pm

Illustrative photo of Border Police on Jaffa Road, near Jerusalem's Old City, October 23, 2014 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Cops, soldier jailed for robbing foreign workers at gunpoint

3 convicted of handcuffing Chinese, Eritrean construction workers and taking thousands of shekels, cellphones

By Times of Israel 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

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 Times of Israel staff and AFP

April 21, 2015
3:42 am

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz. (photo credit: FLASH90)

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

February 15, 2014
4:51 am

Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaking at the ADL Centennial Summit in Washington, April 29, 2013. (David Karp/via JTA)

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

January 20, 2014
8:47 pm

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)

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 Times of Israel staff

January 7, 2014
12:18 am

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)

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

December 2, 2013
9:58 am

An African migrant in Levinsky Park in southern Tel Aviv (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

‘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

October 3, 2013
2:37 pm

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)

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 Times of Israel staff

February 27, 2013
3:49 am

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

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

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

August 30, 2012
2:31 am

Illustrative photo of street scene in south Tel Aviv (photo credit: Nicky Kelvin/Flash90)

Separate shelters for migrant workers in Netivot

Mayor denies talks of segregation, saying ‘it’s about protecting those people’

By Philip Podolsky

August 29, 2012
9:44 pm

Interior minister vows to jail Sudanese, Eritrean migrants

‘We’ll make their life in Israel hell so that they’ll wish to return to their countries of origin,’ says Eli Yishai

By Philip Podolsky

Topic: migrant workers

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

Eritrean migrants find escape in Tel Aviv church

Makeshift center of worship provides spiritual relief to hundreds of migrants facing hardship in Israel

Cops, soldier jailed for robbing foreign workers at gunpoint

3 convicted of handcuffing Chinese, Eritrean construction workers and taking thousands of shekels, cellphones

Our turn to care for caregivers

The migrant workers who serve our sick, elderly and disabled are themselves exploited and denied rights

Anti-logos shame FIFA sponsors

Amid corruption scandal, logos of famous brands photoshopped to imply they condone human rights violations

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

ADL welcomes Israeli decision on migrant children

Move to give residency to 221 kids reflects Jewish values, fulfills ‘important promise’ to kids

Refugees to protest at Israeli embassies worldwide

African asylum seekers in Canada, Australia and the European Union to show solidarity Wednesday with migrants’ struggle

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

‘South Tel Aviv is South Sudan now’

As African migrants flood the area, Jewish residents say they feel forgotten by their government

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

Rights groups rebuke Israel for repatriating African migrants

Government says departures are voluntary, but asylum seekers claim they’re pressured to leave

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

Separate shelters for migrant workers in Netivot

Mayor denies talks of segregation, saying ‘it’s about protecting those people’

Interior minister vows to jail Sudanese, Eritrean migrants

‘We’ll make their life in Israel hell so that they’ll wish to return to their countries of origin,’ says Eli Yishai

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