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Topic: migrants

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

March 14, 2013
1:16 am

Dozens protest upsurge in crime by African migrants

Demonstration in southern Tel Aviv prompted by Sudanese man allegedly burglarizing home, assaulting family

By Greg Tepper

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

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

September 12, 2012
9:00 pm

Israeli soldiers stand guard on Tuesday as Eritrean asylum seekers sit on the ground behind a border fence, after they attempted to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

New testimony shows Eritreans pleaded with Israel to not be forced back into Egypt

Maariv reports that accounts of migrants stuck at the border, given by 3 Eritreans let into Israel, contradict claims government made last week

By Michal Shmulovich

September 9, 2012
11:10 pm

An illustrative photo of first-grade pupils and their teacher at Paula Ben Gurion school, Jerusalem, in August. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Eilat students kept out of school as parents protest integration of migrants’ children

Supreme Court ruling forces resort city to place 30 children in four schools

By Michal Shmulovich

September 6, 2012
6:50 pm

Israel allows in two women, one youth stuck on Sinai border

After eight days camped out on the border with Egypt, three of 21 stranded Eritreans given permission to come in

By Yifa Yaakov and Times of Israel staff

September 6, 2012
11:23 am

Doctors barred from accessing Eritreans stuck between Egypt and Israel

Advocacy group ‘We Are Refugees’ petitions High Court to allow asylum seekers to enter; second hearing set for Sunday

By Michal Shmulovich and Yoel Goldman

September 6, 2012
7:15 am

High Court to hear petition on behalf of Eritreans stuck between Egypt and Israel

Advocacy group ‘We Are Refugees’ seeks order granting asylum seekers entry into country

By Michal Shmulovich and Yoel Goldman

September 5, 2012
3:06 pm

Dozens of African migrants cross into southern Israel through the border with Egypt in 2010. (photo credit: AP/Assaf Golan)

Eritreans stuck at Egyptian border won’t be allowed in, interior minister says

20 migrants, caught between two sets of barriers, left in sun for six days

By Michal Shmulovich

September 4, 2012
11:57 pm

Eritrean migrants stuck at the Israeli-Egyptian border after Israel refused them entry six days ago (photo credit: screen capture, Channel 2 News)

20 Eritreans stuck on Israeli-Egyptian border for six days

Migrants, caught between barriers without food and water, are said to be scared to go back through Sinai

By Michal Shmulovich

August 30, 2012
2:31 am

Eritrean migrants 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 10, 2012
8:15 pm

African migrants crossing into southern Israel through the border with Egypt in 2010 (photo credit: Assaf Golan/AP)

Israel denies sending soldiers into Sinai to prevent migrants from entering

Human rights groups say IDF is deployed in Sinai desert to stop Africans before they reach the border, hand them over to Egyptians

By AP and Times of Israel staff

August 10, 2012
2:00 pm

An Israeli soldier on the Israeli side of the newly built barrier on the border with Egypt. (Illustrative photo: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Groups claim Israeli soldiers entering Sinai to head off migrants

IDF responds that it is operating within framework of the law

By AP and Michal Shmulovich

July 1, 2012
3:07 pm

A coat left behind on the Israeli-Egyptian border fence after a migrant crossed illegally from Egypt into Israel (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash9)

Count of African migrants crossing from Egypt drops sharply

Interior Ministry figures show 928 Africans were detained after illegally entering Israel in June, a 50% drop from the previous month

By Gabe Fisher

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: migrants

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’

Dozens protest upsurge in crime by African migrants

Demonstration in southern Tel Aviv prompted by Sudanese man allegedly burglarizing home, assaulting family

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

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

New testimony shows Eritreans pleaded with Israel to not be forced back into Egypt

Maariv reports that accounts of migrants stuck at the border, given by 3 Eritreans let into Israel, contradict claims government made last week

Eilat students kept out of school as parents protest integration of migrants’ children

Supreme Court ruling forces resort city to place 30 children in four schools

Israel allows in two women, one youth stuck on Sinai border

After eight days camped out on the border with Egypt, three of 21 stranded Eritreans given permission to come in

Doctors barred from accessing Eritreans stuck between Egypt and Israel

Advocacy group ‘We Are Refugees’ petitions High Court to allow asylum seekers to enter; second hearing set for Sunday

High Court to hear petition on behalf of Eritreans stuck between Egypt and Israel

Advocacy group ‘We Are Refugees’ seeks order granting asylum seekers entry into country

Eritreans stuck at Egyptian border won’t be allowed in, interior minister says

20 migrants, caught between two sets of barriers, left in sun for six days

20 Eritreans stuck on Israeli-Egyptian border for six days

Migrants, caught between barriers without food and water, are said to be scared to go back through Sinai

Separate shelters for migrant workers in Netivot

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

Israel denies sending soldiers into Sinai to prevent migrants from entering

Human rights groups say IDF is deployed in Sinai desert to stop Africans before they reach the border, hand them over to Egyptians

Groups claim Israeli soldiers entering Sinai to head off migrants

IDF responds that it is operating within framework of the law

Count of African migrants crossing from Egypt drops sharply

Interior Ministry figures show 928 Africans were detained after illegally entering Israel in June, a 50% drop from the previous month

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