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Refugees from Hungary gather in the HIAS Vienna office, some expressing a desire to immigrate to the United States, and others to Australia, where they have relatives. (HIAS via JTA)
February 4, 2026, 6:46 am
HIAS closes Vienna office that aided generations of refugees after Trump yanks funding
Head of immigrant aid group decries move for ‘leaving thousands of families in danger,’ says it will fight to ensure US remains ‘a beacon for those fleeing religious oppression’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Illustrative: Members of the UK Jewish community hold placards mourning the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney during a Hanukkah celebration, in Trafalgar Square, London, December 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
January 20, 2026, 9:51 am
Trump lawyer claims US may grant asylum to UK Jews, though no such plan seems in the works
US president’s British-Jewish attorney Robert Garson says UK no longer safe, claims Trump would welcome ‘persecuted’ Jews; State Department does not respond to request for comment
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States peer through windows of an Eastern Airlines plane upon arriving at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
November 11, 2025, 6:18 pm
US deported 54 Iranian dissidents back to Iran despite pleas lives were in danger – NYT
1st such flight to Tehran carried Christian converts, a critic of Islam, ethnic minorities; many had alleged terror ties; one pleaded: ‘They will kill me. Please don’t send me back’
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump departs Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, October 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images via AFP)
October 30, 2025, 10:06 pm
US to limit refugee acceptance to record low 7,500, mostly white South Africans
Admissions, which were over 100,000 under Biden, will primarily be allocated to Afrikaners and ‘other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands’
By AFP
Afrikaner refugees from South Africa arrive at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
May 17, 2025, 11:13 am
Afrikaner resettled by US Jewish group as a refugee denies accusations of antisemitism
Charl Kleinhaus says posts taken out of context as US media scrutinizes members of white South African minority Trump admitted after accusing Pretoria of genocide against them
By ToI Staff
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
An Iranian Jewish man prays at the Molla Agha Baba Synagogue in the city of Yazd, 420 miles south of capital Tehran, Iran, November 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 7, 2025, 9:04 pm
Trump’s refugee ban is keeping 700 persecuted Iranian Jews out of the US
The US president has signed an order indefinitely halting the admission of refugees – including applicants for a special program for members of religious minority groups in Iran
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Illustrative: Activists hold a banner during a pro-refugee demonstration organized by HIAS outside the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 14, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images via JTA)
February 11, 2025, 11:18 am
Jewish group, church organizations sue Trump administration over refugee freeze
HIAS says US president exceeded his authority in executive order suspending all refugee admissions, including some 1,660 Afghans already cleared to resettle
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People carry their luggage as they cross into Syria on foot, through a crater caused by Israeli airstrikes aiming to block the Beirut-Damascus highway at the Masnaa crossing, in the eastern Beqaa Valley, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
October 6, 2024, 12:27 pm
As Israel battles Hezbollah, Lebanese worldwide fear for their homeland and loved ones
Country’s diaspora is seeking ways to help relatives as painful historical memories resurface, amid IDF fight against terror group that has been attacking Israel for past year
By AP and ToI Staff
Afghan refugees wait for registration after their deportation from Iran, at a registration center near the Afghanistan-Iran border in the Islam Qala district of Herat province, Sep. 12, 2024. (Mohsen KARIMI / AFP)
September 25, 2024, 11:42 am
Driven out of Iran, Afghan refugees tell of government-led persecution, torture
Having fled decades of war and unemployment, refugees are now blamed for soaring crime and prices, with authorities vowing to expel them and punish those who help them
By Pascale TROUILLAUD and Qubad Wali
Nine-year-old Bena Hagdu holds injera bread at the Hannaton Educational Center at Kibbutz Hanaton, December 2023. (Omer Sharvit/ Zman)
January 15, 2024, 7:31 am
Ignored by the state, Eritreans from Sderot find temporary shelter in northern kibbutz
Asylum seekers find themselves displaced once again following the Oct. 7 massacre; deprived of government assistance due to bureaucracy, they rely on the kindness of others
By Omer Sharvit
Barbara Zwillick waits to board an evacuation vessel arranged by the US Embassy from Haifa, Israel, on October 16, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
October 16, 2023, 12:47 pm
At Haifa port, evacuating Israeli-Americans feel torn between family and country
Personal circumstances, safety concerns and family obligations are among a mix of factors pushing dual citizens to board a ship to Cyprus
By Canaan Lidor
Miliatry armoured vehicle on a street in the West Darfur state capital El Geneina, amid ongoing fighting between two generals in war-torn Sudan, June 16, 2023. (AFP)
July 11, 2023, 8:58 pm
Human Rights Watch demands ICC probe into alleged recent Darfur atrocities
Dozens of non-Arab tribesmen reportedly killed by Arab Sudanese militias as violence becomes ‘increasingly ethnic’
By Samy Magdy
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March 24, 2023, 10:47 am
Refugees become rescuers
From the creation of an “Ambubus” to portable medical equipment, Rabbi and Rabbanit Halfon race against time to save lives in the Ukraine
By Hillel Fendel
A migrant carries a child as he runs to board a smuggler's boat on the beach of Gravelines, near Dunkirk, northern France on October 12, 2022, in an attempt to cross the English Channel. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP)
March 8, 2023, 3:24 pm
UK government hits back at comparison of refugee policy to Nazi Germany rhetoric
Rights groups, UN slam plan to outlaw asylum claims by all illegal arrivals and transfer them elsewhere, such as Rwanda
By Jitendra Joshi
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