Migrant workers

New report shows many migrant workers lacked access to shelter during Operation Roaring Lion

Local support appeared to matter. Some 69% of all respondents said they had a person or organization to turn to in an emergency, but the level varied significantly between groups.

Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel
Foreign workers in the construction industry with Eldad Nitzan, chairman of the foreign manpower corporations.

Israeli government under pressure to overhaul foreign worker policy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Yad Vashem with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 26, 2026.

India, Israel agree to increase Indian foreign workers in Israel by 50,000 in the next five years

Israeli soldiers walk, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.

Israel detains four foreign nationals who illegally crossed into Israel from Jordan


WATCH: protesters in Jerusalem say they are 'willing to accept refugees'

Protests against government planned action to deport asylum-seekers to a third country were held in the capital on Saturday.

Demonstration in Jeruaslem against the planned deportation of asylum-seekers from Israel

Activists launch sanctuary project for African migrants

‘This is about Jewish values, Jewish history and the Jewish future,’ says co-founder Rabbi Susan Silverman.

Children of migrant workers Tel Aviv African refugee 370

Meretz MKs on 'emergency trip' to Rwanda to check on deported migrants

“We came here to expose to the Israeli public one of the greatest injustices in the history of the State of Israel."

A general view of Rwanda's capital Kigali, March 26, 2014

Netanyahu blames Soros for Israel anti-deportation campaign

Soros, who is Jewish, is a strident critic of Israel and has supported a number of NGOs with radical left-wing agendas.

Benjamin Netanyahu and George Soros

January 21, 2018: Gender Roles

To paraphrase Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s famous quote, everyone is entitled to his own opinions but not his own facts.

Letters

Suicide soars among Ugandan migrants abused in the Gulf

Uganda banned its nationals in 2016 from working in Oman.

Muscat, Oman coastline 300

Knesset members vote to worsen migrant conditions ahead of deportation

Following the meeting, Amnesty International Israel called on the country to allow all the migrants to stay.

Residents of south Tel Aviv protest against African migrants living in their neighbourhood

Reports of forced deportation to Rwanda rattles African asylum seekers

‘I am not a criminal – I am a mother trying to protect her children and give them a good life,’ says Sudanese refugee.

CHILDREN OF African asylum seekers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day

Israel sees record number of migrant workers over past five years

With the signing of several bilateral agreements, the ease by which foreign workers can travel to Israel has increased markedly.

Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel

The African & Asian Migrants Could Help Israel's Security

The Jerusalem Post