Eritrean migrants

Netanyahu orders crackdown on migrants after unrest involving Eritrean asylum seekers in Tel Aviv

There are an estimated 30,000 African asylum seekers in Israel. Most came before 2012 from Eritrea, where a repressive regime has been in place for 30 years.

By Philissa Cramer September 3, 2023 6:33 pm

Israeli city preventing kids of Eritrean asylum seekers from enrolling in school

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 129 children of Eritrean asylum seekers.

July 10, 2019 3:29 pm

South Tel Aviv ‘living under terrorism by illegal migrants,’ government minister says

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely defended the government’s handling of the some 40,000 remaining African migrants and asylum seekers in Israel during a Knesset committee meeting.

February 19, 2018 1:22 pm