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The Minister of Interior, Ayelet Shaked, has announced a new policy that bans the employment of asylum seekers
Join our newsletter The Minister of Interior, Ayelet Shaked, has announced a new policy that is due to take effect on October 1, 2022. This policy bans the employment of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers in 17 Israeli cities and towns, including Tel Aviv and others where most asylum seekers live. In addition to the […]
29.08.2022
Electric bicycle and scooter theory test for holders of “2A5” visa
17.08.2022
“They tell a person to leave, but he has nowhere to go”: The ban on employment of asylum seekers in 17 cities
03.08.2022
Asylum Seekers from Africa: Situation Report June 2022
17.07.2022
Being the Child of Asylum Seekers in Israel ‘Hurts Every Day’
10.07.2022, Haaretz
Israel decided to limit refugee employment. Why should we care? – opinion
06.07.2022, The Jerusalem Post
Israel Bars Asylum Seekers From Most Jobs in Major Cities
30.06.2022, Haaretz
Israel’s Policy on Asylum Seekers Is ‘Unsustainable’, UN Representative Charges
The Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Israel charged on Thursday that the country’s status quo regarding the asylum seekers is “unsustainable,” and suggested re-tabling the UN treaty on refugees in Israel, among other solutions. Damtew Dessalegne, who is ending his term in office after four years in Israel and has […]
19.06.2022, Haaretz
Israel Lifted Protections for Congolese Asylum Seekers Without Consulting Foreign Ministry
Israel’s Interior Ministry failed to consult with the Foreign Ministry before lifting the collective protected status of Congolese citizens last month, a decision that has since been suspended. The Foreign Ministry’s international law representative, Noam Cappon, told a Knesset committee on Monday that the Interior Ministry had asked his office to lift collective protection, and […]
24.05.2022, Haaretz
Court Blocks Lifting of Israel’s Deportation Ban on Congolese Asylum Seekers
10.05.2022, Haaretz
Most Aid Requests by Ukrainian Refugees in Israel Are for Food, but Funding Relies on Civil Society
17.04.2022, Haaretz
Israeli Minister Lifts Blanket Ban on Expelling Congolese Asylum Seekers
07.04.2022, Haaretz
While Israel Plans to Offer Medical Coverage for Elderly Ukrainians, Asylum Seekers Still Need to Wait
03.04.2022, Haaretz
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
The cabinet approved Sunday the allocation of tens of millions of shekels to run day care centers for the children of migrant workers and asylum seekers in Tel Aviv. The move followed the government’s decision in 2015 to begin funding and supervising such centers after a state comptroller report described them as “child warehouses” and […]
12.12.2021, Haaretz
Law Letting Israel Impose Restrictions on Asylum Seekers Expires, in Win for Left-wing Ministers
A temporary order allowing Israel to impose restrictions on asylum seekers in the country is set to expire on Thursday, and will not be renewed because of objections from the government’s left-wing parties. This amendment to the Prevention of Infiltration Law of 1954, passed a year ago as an emergency order, was intended to increase […]
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
Israel’s High Court Blasts Law Requiring Asylum Seekers to Deposit 20% of Wages
08.05.2019, Haaretz
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