Migrants in israel

Israel's population hits 10 million people before 2025

Population in Israel grows by 1.1% in 2024 as record emigration and deaths impact growth, a Central Bureau of Statistics report found.

 People watch the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, in Saker Park, Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.
 Thai workers in Otef. "The Thais call and want to return, but no one here handles the procedure"

Thailand names four Thai nationals killed by Hezbollah rocket fire

 An empty migrant boat washed up on Israel's Mediterranean shore on October 1, 2023

Abandoned boat with Somali belongings found on Israeli shore

An African migrant sits near the Old Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2020

Israel to bring thousands more foreign workers to tackle high living costs


What is the state of migrants in Israel?

Courts’ report portrays judges as highly efficient; NGO’s report depicts them as lacking sufficient humanity in allowing foreigners to languish in detention.

An African migrant sits near the Old Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2020

Netanyahu fixates on African migrants – but Likud has no policy

Despite the talks with Sudan and the fact that Netanyahu has repeatedly initiated discussion on the topic, Likud does not have an official policy on the matter.

An African migrant sits near the Old Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2020

As Sudan forges ties with Israel, what status do migrants have?

Much attention has been given to haredim and Arabs during the coronavirus era, but what of Israel's African migrants, whose status is still under dispute?

Migrants protest their potential deportation with a mock slave auction outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv in 2018

Migrants NGO: Most migrants not going back despite Sudan deal

A boy takes part in a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport African migrants, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 24, 2018.

State: Best interest of Filipino child doesn’t trump deportation

sraeli law does not include jus soli – a rule that the citizenship of a child is determined by the place of its birth.

Filipino children protest their imminent deportation outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Israel

Ex-chief justice Naor: Migrants issue was resolved with UN, but PM caved

In early April 2018, Netanyahu made a sudden and dramatic announcement that after 12 years of debating, an answer had been found to the migrants’ dilemma.

Miriam Naor

Deri retracts expulsion of Congolese migrants, under pressure from NGOs

The Congolose have lived in Israel some 15 years.

African migrants take part in a protest against Israel's detention policy toward them

Mandelblit: Knesset solution for migrants is 'black hole' in legal system

Mandelblit said the bill would utterly break with the foundations underlying Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit

Eritrea-Ethiopia peace deal leads to new debate about migrants

Pro-migrant groups, including the UN, have said Eritreans cannot safely be sent back to Eritrea for fear of persecution under the country’s draconian draft laws.

An African migrant wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust," I promise to remember... and never forget!" in south Tel Aviv July 17, 2013.

Minister advances proposal to make south Tel Aviv a national priority

Millions to be funneled into neighborhoods that absorbed high numbers of migrants.

African migrants in Tel Aviv

The businessman's solution to Israel’s migrant crisis

‘It’s a win-win-win’

Tel Aviv skyline