Asylum seekers

Switzerland rejects asylum application from Iranian refugee pursuing Judaism

Mikheil Grishashvili, a Jewish community leader and representative of the Peace Synagogue in Georgia, told the Post that Vali has been an active member of the community since 2023.

IRANIAN DISSIDENT Heydarian attends a regional NGO consultation in Geneva. He is now living in hiding while appealing Switzerland’s rejection of his asylum application.
Endalkew Yemani Tesma, shown here in Jerusalem on Aug. 14, 2023, faces the possibility of deportation.

Ethiopian asylum seekers in Israel face deportation after years without permanent status

The U.S. Supreme Court on the day the court issued a ruling that the government can restrict asylum claims processing at the U.S. border, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2026.

Supreme Court backs Trump on asylum policy, ends TPS protections for Haitians, Syrians

Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty at Wembley Stadium in London on August 15, 2024.

Man convicted of terror plot allowed to stay in UK after wife banned for supporting Islamic State


Eritrean asylum seeker clashes are unacceptable – don't make them worse - editorial

Benjamin Netanyahu is correct in saying that the violence is absolutely unacceptable – and ultimately the blame lies with the protesters themselves.

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

SpaceX sued by US government over alleged asylee, refugee discrimination

Data from the company showed that in that period, 10,000 employees were hired. Of those 10,000, only one was an asylum seeker, allegedly hired months after the investigation began. 

 JEWISH UKRAINIAN refugees arrive at an IFCJ-JDC emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 2022.

UK unlawfully housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels

Judge Martin Chamberlain upheld a legal challenge brought by ECPAT over the accommodation of unaccompanied children seeking asylum.

 Immigration and police officers stand next to a car believed to have been used in a petrol bomb attack on the Border Force processing center in Dover, Britain, October 30, 2022.

'Nobody wants to be a refugee': Israel's asylum seekers speak out

In light of a new governmental plan to encourage asylum seekers to leave Israel, we speak to those affected, and those assisting them.

 USUMAIN BARAKA and friends from his high school in Yemin Orde.

Pilot program won’t desegregate South Tel Aviv schools, parents charge

There are fears that the Israeli Education Ministry’s motive to keep the schools segregated may be to prepare children of migrants for eventual deportation.

Children at a kindergarten for asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv.

Refugee Day 2023: Global trends and the situation in Israel

According to the Population and Immigration Authority, there are currently about 25,500 asylum seekers living in Israel, mainly from Eritrea and Sudan.

 SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.

Children of asylum seekers to be integrated into Tel Aviv schools

96 refugee children will be part of a pilot scheme to test whether their integration into the wider education system would be beneficial.

 SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.

Israel's Hotline for Refugees and Migrants to host World Refugee Day event

According to the Population and Immigration Authority, there are currently about 25,500 asylum seekers living in Israel, mainly from Eritrea and Sudan.

 SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.

US officials prepping legislation to revamp asylum system

US efforts to clean up the asylum process revolve around speeding up the process.

 UKRAINIAN REFUGEES arrive at Przemysl Glowny train station in Poland, after fleeing the Russian invasion.

Former Wagner commander: 'I am sorry for fighting in Ukraine'

Andrei Medvedev says he witnessed the killing and mistreatment of Russian prisoners taken to Ukraine to fight for Wagner.

 Andrei Medvedev, a former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group looks on during an interview in Oslo, Norway February 1, 2023.