African migrants

Ceuta is not just Europe’s migration crisis; it is Africa’s wake-up call - opinion

A young population is only an advantage if young people believe they have a future where they are.

|ByNACIMA KEROUAD
Migrants, some of them minors, queue to receive food staples from local NGO Media Luna Blanca in an industrial area where they are sleeping amid recent mass crossings by migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into the Spanish territory, Migrants, some of them minorsin Ceuta, Spain, August 6, 2026.
Supporters of the South African anti-immigrant group 'March and March' hold a demonstration, after an unofficial June 30 deadline set by anti-immigrant groups for undocumented migrants to leave the country had passed, in Umzimkhulu, South Africa, July 13, 2026.

South Africa's anti-immigrant unrest tests its pan-African standing

Tens of thousands of foreign nationals have left South Africa as anti-immigrant protests, sporadic violence, and fears of further unrest have spread.

|ByWASEEM ABU MAHADI/THE MEDIA LINE
Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat react as they are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025.

Libya says 17 migrants perish at sea, nine missing feared dead

Libya is a transit route for migrants, many from sub-Saharan Africa, fleeing to Europe in the hopes of escaping conflict and poverty.

|ByREUTERS
African illegal immigrants wait to board a boat in the southern port city of Aden on September 26, 2016, before being deported to Somalia.

More than 60 migrants die as boat sinks off Yemen, dozens missing

68 bodies have been recovered and 12 people have been rescued with many still missing as of Monday morning accordig to the Yemen chief for the International Organization for Migration.

|ByREUTERS

State delays migrant deportation in possible softening of position

The designated deportation day was pushed back from April 1 to April 9.

MARCH 26, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
African migrants take part in a protest against Israel's detention policy toward them

Forced deportation? We shall see

Israel had the right to build a fence along its Egyptian border.

MARCH 19, 2018BySHELDON GELLAR
African migrants wait in line for the Population and Immigration Authority office to open in Bnei Brak.

What mayors can teach the government

Mayors would do well to explain to the government why integration is not only a moral imperative, but a practical one too.

MARCH 3, 2018ByTAL HARRIS
An African refugee in south Tel Aviv wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust: “I promise to remember... and never forget!” (Reuters)

Tales from South Tel Aviv: African migrants describe life in the shadows

Last week, we spent time in south Tel Aviv chatting with asylum seekers on the verge of deportation as well as with residents who expressed their concern over the degradation and crime in the area.

MARCH 2, 2018ByILANIT CHERNICK
A STREET vendor waits for customers in south Tel Aviv

Black Caucus urges Israel to nix deportation of African migrants

15 of 49 members of the Congressional Black Caucus have signed the letter, including some who over the years have taken a lead in advancing pro-Israel policies.

FEBRUARY 28, 2018ByJTA
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric L. Richmond and fellow members hold a news conference

Jewish Agency calls on gov’t to grant legal status to over 500 African migrants

“These youngsters have grown up in an Israeli educational environment, speak fluent Hebrew, are imbued with Israeli culture, and are loyal to the State of Israel.”

FEBRUARY 28, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
AN AFRICAN migrant walks with his luggage after being released from Holot detention center in the Negev in 2015.

Hotovely: Israeli citizens are living under the terror of the infiltrators

The government is creating a false reality to deport African migrants, says MK Rozin.

FEBRUARY 19, 2018ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
Anti-deportation activists gather at Ethiopian Airlines in Tel Aviv Monday to protest its role in deporting African migrants.

Jerusalem resident ordered to remove anti-deportation sign from apartment

Following a Facebook post that received dozens of replies, the municipality retracted its demand.

FEBRUARY 16, 2018ByUDI SHAHAM
The sign on Kramarski's apartment in Rehavia, Jerusalem

Plan to deport African migrants goes against Jewish and democratic values

It is clear that the growing public opposition to the government plan is based on firm principles.

FEBRUARY 15, 2018ByGILAD KARIV
African migrants painted in white hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport part of their community, in front of the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel

UNHRC in talks with gov’t to find safe alternatives for African migrants

Majority deported to Rwanda and Uganda said to end up homeless and exploited.

FEBRUARY 15, 2018ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
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.