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No Refuge: Refugees in Israel Amid War

ASSAF with the Refugee Community Refugees in Israel Amid War – the war with Iran ** After these lines were written, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, the President of the United States announced a ceasefire between Israel, the U.S., and Iran. Time will tell whether the ceasefire will hold and what its impact will be […]

22.06.2025

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The Poor Who Don’t Count: Poverty, Food Security and Economic Well-being among Asylum Seekers in Israel

06.05.2025

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ASSAF activity report 2024

31.03.2025

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Asylum-seeking, refugee women in Israel endure higher poverty rates and exploitation – report

20.03.2025, THE JERUSALEM POST

נייר עמדה

Forum of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Organizations in Israel, Statement of Opinion Concerning legislative proposals that endanger the lives of asylum seekers and refugees living in Israel

March 2025, Shahar Mandil Parliament and Government relations, Refugee Rights Forum, Refugee Rights Forum

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From one war to another: Ukrainian refugees in Israel left without safety net, NGO report says

26.02.2025, THE JERUSALEM POST

טור דעה

Asylum seekers were victims of Oct. 7. Israel’s gov’t must do more to support them – opinion

17.02.2025, THE JERUSALEM POST

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Ukrainian Refugees in Israel Overview January 2025

Ukrainian Refugees in Israel Overview January 2025 Nearly three years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees in Israel find themselves without regular status, rights, or certainty about their future. After having fled one war in their homeland, facing another war in their place of refuge exacerbates their already vulnerable situation, which is only […]

28.01.2025

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“A Land Made of Paper”: A Status Report on Refugees in Israel

“A Land Made of Paper”: A Status Report on Refugees in Israel December 2024 Some 73,000 refugees reside legally in Israel. About 60,000 of them are covered under group protection due to the state’s decision not to deport them back to their home countries. Of these adult refugees and their children, about 24,000 are from […]

06.12.2024, Refugee Rights Forum

Data on children of Ukrainian refugees staying in Israel Based on questionnaires distributed by ASSAF to 57 Ukrainian mothers

06.02.2024

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“They Shut the Door on You” A Report about the Situation of Refugee Children and Asylum Seekers in Israel – Executive Summary

22.01.2024

נייר עמדה

Israel does not fulfill its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities when Refugees and Asylum Seekers with Disabilities are concerned – Status Report – August 2023

August 2023, Orly Levinson-Sela, Public Advocacy Director, ASSAF

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Supplementary Alternative Report: Reference to State Party Replies to the List of Issues & Updates Submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – 2023

06.08.2023

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One year into the war, Israel is still withholding adequate health and welfare services from Ukrainian refugees – Position paper on the situation of Ukrainian refugees after one year in Israel

February 2023, Orly Levinson-Sela, Public Advocacy Director, ASSAF

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Female Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Israel – Vulnerable to Exploitation, Harm, Solicitation for Prostitution and Human Trafficking

September 2022

The Refugee Rights Forum in Israel join the public outcry calling for a change in policy concerning refugees from Ukraine

15.03.2022

Denied asylum in Israel, Eritreans are welcomed by Canadian Jews

21.01.2022, Christian Science Monitor

‘Breaking the ghettos’: The struggle to desegregate Tel Aviv’s schools

16.01.2022, +972 Mag

Israel Rejected 98.5 Percent of Eritrean Asylum Requests Over Two Years

05.01.2022, Haaretz

Education Ministry Comes Out Against Mixing Refugee and Israeli Kids in Schools

19.12.2021, Haaretz

Israel Approves Millions for Day Care for Asylum Seekers’ Children

12.12.2021, Haaretz

Law Letting Israel Impose Restrictions on Asylum Seekers Expires, in Win for Left-wing Ministers

08.12.2021, Haaretz

Israel Likely to Delay Court Order to Grant Temporary Residency to 2,440 Sudanese Asylum Seekers

07.12.2021, Haaretz

‘Now I feed my children every night’: asylum seekers in Tel Aviv turning to food bank

07.11.2021, The National News

Israel to Reconsider Refused Tigrayan Asylum Pleas

07.11.2021, Haaretz

Interior Minister Pushes for Separation of Asylum Seekers’ Children From Israelis in Tel Aviv Schools

31.10.2021, Haaretz

No status, no future: The life of a child asylum seeker in Israel

27.10.2021, Al Jazeera

Israeli Health Ministry’s Bureaucratic Errors Stymie Asylum Seekers’ Bid for Green Pass

19.10.2021, Haaretz

Editorial | In Denying Healthcare to Asylum Seekers, Shaked Hits a New Low

17.10.2021, Haaretz

State Can Bar Asylum Seekers From Working in Some Cities, Israel’s Top Court Rules

01.10.2021, Haaretz

Opinion | Israel’s Interior Minister Knows She Can’t Deport the Asylum Seekers

09.07.2021, Haaretz

Israel downgraded in State Department human trafficking report

02.07.2021, The Times of Israel

Israel Was Asked to Reexamine 3,000 Asylum Requests This Year. It Granted One

21.06.2021, Haaretz

Israeli Ministry Refuses to Help Asylum Seekers Retrieve Money Stolen by Employers

25.10.2020, Haaretz

נייר עמדה

Breathless – Situation Report on Social Services for Vulnerable Asylum Seekers in Israel Directors’ abstract

October 2020

Israel’s High Court Blasts Law Requiring Asylum Seekers to Deposit 20% of Wages

08.05.2019, Haaretz

No Refuge: Refugees in Israel Amid War

The Poor Who Don’t Count: Poverty, Food Security and Economic Well-being among Asylum Seekers in Israel

ASSAF activity report 2024

Asylum-seeking, refugee women in Israel endure higher poverty rates and exploitation – report

Forum of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Organizations in Israel, Statement of Opinion Concerning legislative proposals that endanger the lives of asylum seekers and refugees living in Israel

From one war to another: Ukrainian refugees in Israel left without safety net, NGO report says

Asylum seekers were victims of Oct. 7. Israel’s gov’t must do more to support them – opinion

Ukrainian Refugees in Israel Overview January 2025

“A Land Made of Paper”: A Status Report on Refugees in Israel

changes in medical insurance coverge for children up to age 18

The Young Asylum Seekers Wishing to Join the Israeli Army, in Exchange for a Sense of Belonging

Recruiting African Asylum Seekers for Gaza War Is New Despicable Low for Israel

Latest Nadir for Israel: Lethal Exploitation of Asylum Seekers to Fight in Gaza War

Israel Is Recruiting African Asylum Seekers for Life-threatening Gaza War Operations, Promising Permanent Legal Status

In Free Fall: Towards a Third Decade Without Social Security

First year of integrating migrant children with Israelis in Tel Aviv schools ‘a success’

With No Status or Future, Asylum Seekers’ Kids in Tel Aviv Are Losing Hope

Refugees In Israel – May 2024

Assaf with the refugee communities – Iron Swords war – May 2024

ASSAF with the refugee communities – Iron Swords War

“a declaration of opinion regarding the “Temporary Status as a Risk Factor Among Children and Youth Asylum Seekers

ASSAF Activity Report 2023

Invisible Victims of October 7: Even in Death, Asylum Seekers in Israel Aren’t Recognized

Position Paper: Two Decades of Israel’s (No) Asylum Policy

Data on children of Ukrainian refugees staying in Israel Based on questionnaires distributed by ASSAF to 57 Ukrainian mothers

“They Shut the Door on You” A Report about the Situation of Refugee Children and Asylum Seekers in Israel – Executive Summary

Food insecurity among refugees and asylum seekers – Position paper – January 2024

Ukrainian Refugees in Israel: “Between One War and Another” – Status report

A one-way “shared” destiny – asylum seekers and refugees during the war in Israel

Shutting The Door On You – Situation Report regarding Children of Refugees and Asylum seekers in Israel

Asylum-Seekers in Israel Show Solidarity in Time of War

ASSAF with the refugee communities – operation Iron Swords

До уваги біженців з України!

Israel Should Establish Functioning Asylum System for African Refugees and Give them Right to Work

Israeli Government Approves Budget Cuts to Fund Healthcare for Ukrainian Refugees Until End of 2023

How Israel Turned Its Back on a Refugee From Ukraine When She Was Diagnosed With Cancer

Israel Is Failing Ukrainian Refugees

Israel’s Suspension of Medical Coverage for Ukrainian Refugees Hurts the Most Vulnerable

The Refugee Rights Forum – an Urgent call regading health services for Ukrainian Refugees in Israel

Israel does not fulfill its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities when Refugees and Asylum Seekers with Disabilities are concerned – Status Report – August 2023

Supplementary Alternative Report: Reference to State Party Replies to the List of Issues & Updates Submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – 2023

The Forum of Refugee Rights Organizations in Israel – June 2023 report

Asylum Seekers’ Health Insurance Program at Risk as Israeli Providers Back Out

Foreign Minister Considers Plan for Asylum Seekers to Leave Israel in Return for Professional Training

Education Ministry Tries to Create Program to Prepare Asylum Seekers’ Children for Life Abroad, Not Israel

ASSAF Activity Report 2022

A Year Into The War In Ukraine

A year on, Ukrainian refugees in Israel getting ‘inadequate’ aid — rights group

A year on, Ukrainian refugees in Israel getting ‘inadequate’ aid — rights group

One year into the war, Israel is still withholding adequate health and welfare services from Ukrainian refugees – Position paper on the situation of Ukrainian refugees after one year in Israel

Israel Hampering Ukrainians From Leading a Dignified Life, UN Envoy for Refugees in Israel Tells Haaretz

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Harming Refugees Endangers Democracy and Harming Democracy Endangers Refugees

Refugees from Africa: Situation Report 2022

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“Israel is not a refugee accepting country”: NGO briefing on asylum seekers

“We know how to act even when the political situation is hostile and make a change for the better”

PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS’ RIGHTS IN ISRAEL – Status Report October 2022

Female Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Israel – Vulnerable to Exploitation, Harm, Solicitation for Prostitution and Human Trafficking

The Minister of Interior, Ayelet Shaked, has announced a new policy that bans the employment of asylum seekers

Electric bicycle and scooter theory test for holders of “2A5” visa

“They tell a person to leave, but he has nowhere to go”: The ban on employment of asylum seekers in 17 cities

Asylum Seekers from Africa: Situation Report June 2022

Being the Child of Asylum Seekers in Israel ‘Hurts Every Day’

Israel decided to limit refugee employment. Why should we care? – opinion

Israel Bars Asylum Seekers From Most Jobs in Major Cities

Israel’s Policy on Asylum Seekers Is ‘Unsustainable’, UN Representative Charges

Israel Lifted Protections for Congolese Asylum Seekers Without Consulting Foreign Ministry

Court Blocks Lifting of Israel’s Deportation Ban on Congolese Asylum Seekers

Most Aid Requests by Ukrainian Refugees in Israel Are for Food, but Funding Relies on Civil Society

Israeli Minister Lifts Blanket Ban on Expelling Congolese Asylum Seekers

While Israel Plans to Offer Medical Coverage for Elderly Ukrainians, Asylum Seekers Still Need to Wait

The Refugee Rights Forum in Israel join the public outcry calling for a change in policy concerning refugees from Ukraine

Denied asylum in Israel, Eritreans are welcomed by Canadian Jews

‘Breaking the ghettos’: The struggle to desegregate Tel Aviv’s schools

Israel Rejected 98.5 Percent of Eritrean Asylum Requests Over Two Years

Education Ministry Comes Out Against Mixing Refugee and Israeli Kids in Schools

Israel Approves Millions for Day Care for Asylum Seekers’ Children

Law Letting Israel Impose Restrictions on Asylum Seekers Expires, in Win for Left-wing Ministers