Asylum seekers

Pro-Hamas Palestinian who entered UK illegally now living in taxpayer-funded asylum housing

Also known as Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, he pleaded guilty to trying to enter the UK on a small boat without leave or valid entry clearance and served a 9-month sentence.

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Abu Wadei posing with an M4 carbine, Facebook account @Abo Wadie Alkassas
Moroccan security forces clash with migrants attempting to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta near the town of Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31, 2026.

Spain plans stricter rules on asylum seekers in Ceuta after border crisis, draft decree shows

The decree, designed to speed up applications and deportations for over 10,000 migrants who remain in the tiny territory, would mark a major strategic shift for Spain's pro-immigration government.

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SOME 1,300 members and supporters of the Eritrean Blue Revolution Front attend their August Congress in Israel. The movement, which grew out of the diaspora-based Brigade N’Hamedu, says it seeks to turn years of activism into organized political opposition to President Isaias Afwerki’s government.

Eritrea's Blue Revolution: Inside the movement challenging one of Africa's longest-serving rulers

AFRICA AFFAIRS: For years, Eritreans in Israel have been caught between refuge and exile. One opposition movement believes the answer lies not in staying, but in transforming the country they fled.

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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.

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.

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Demonstrators at south Tel Aviv protest attack police, asylum seekers

Several hundred protesters were present at the demonstrations that were sparked by the assault of a woman in south Tel Aviv last month.

AUGUST 2, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
South Tel Aviv protest. August 1, 2021.

Former Mexican official wanted in Mexico, takes refuge in Israel

Mexico has requested extradition, but Israel is not keen due to Mexico's anti-Israel views in the UN.

JULY 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Senior Director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Mexican Attorney General's Office, Tomas Zeron de Lucio, speaks in Mexico City

Jewish activists work as translators to fight ‘language violence’

The translators at Respond Crisis Translation work with asylum seekers stranded along the US border, providing translation and interpreting services.

JULY 3, 2021ByALAN GRABINSKY/JTA
A migrant from Guatemala talk to a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent at the Paso del Norte international border bridge to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 26, 2021.

US Justice Dept. ends Trump-era limits on grants to 'sanctuary cities'

The policy reversal marks a major victory for states and cities that have been unable to access awards they received for police funding without first cooperating with ICE.

APRIL 28, 2021ByREUTERS
Chaldean-American Lavrena Kenawa cries as she thinks about her uncle who was seized on Sunday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a rally outside the Mother of God Catholic Chaldean church in Southfield

Netanyahu fixates on African migrants – but Likud has no policy

Despite the talks with Sudan and the fact that Netanyahu has repeatedly initiated discussion on the topic, Likud does not have an official policy on the matter.

MARCH 21, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
An African migrant sits near the Old Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2020

Malaysia to hand 1,200 Myanmar detainees to country's navy

Malaysia is home to more than 154,000 asylum-seekers from Myanmar.

FEBRUARY 11, 2021ByREUTERS
Myanmar army armoured vehicles drive past a street after they seized power in a coup in Mandalay

Review of security screening for immigrants to US awaits completion

President Joe Biden repealed the so-called Muslim ban on immigration, but has instructed a review of the immigrant vetting process, the stated reason for the Trump Administration’s policy.

FEBRUARY 8, 2021ByDANIEL SONNENFELD/THE MEDIA LINE
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US, February 5, 2021.

Biden to raise current US refugee cap from historic lows

Biden said he plans to set the limit for fiscal year 2022, which begins on Oct. 1, 2021, at 125,000 refugees.

FEBRUARY 6, 2021ByREUTERS
Couple sits covered with a blanket as refugees and migrants camp on a road following a fire at the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos

Judge blocks dramatic Trump administration overhaul of US asylum system

The injunction undermines the Trump administration's last-minute efforts to solidify its hardline immigration policies.

JANUARY 9, 2021ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Asylum seekers' kindergarten broken into, vandalized, while kids present

The Unitef kindergarten is used primarily by asylum seekers and non-Hebrew speaking migrants in south Tel Aviv.

DECEMBER 17, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Children at a kindergarten for asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv.