Asylum seekers

Zionist Iranian dissident Ramin Parsa granted residency in Israel after years-long battle 

The permit gives Parsa temporary status for one year. After that, he said, he will have to apply again, with the possibility of eventually seeking permanent residency.

Ramin Parsa, an Iranian dissident and pro-Israel activist living in Jerusalem, was granted a one-year temporary residency permit. Photo taken October 11, 2026.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at a press conference before summer break, at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, July 28, 2025.

Spanish PM Sanchez: Unauthorized Moroccan navy ships entered Spanish waters during Ceuta crisis

 Abu Wadei posing with an M4 carbine, Facebook account @Abo Wadie Alkassas

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

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


Shaked denies asylum to woman fleeing female genital mutilation

The interior minister compared the practice to male circumcision, saying that to treat them differently in the law would be "absurd."

 African asylum seekers and Israeli activists protest outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, against their deportation, on April 3, 2018.

How race and religion play a role in who gets refuge in the US

Opinion: Administration favoring white, mostly Christian refugees over other groups.

 krainians wait to cross the US border, in Tijuana

African asylum-seekers in Haifa struggle for survival

While most of the 28,000 asylum-seekers in Israel live in Tel Aviv, those in Haifa, numbering up to 800, are far less visible.

 An Eritrean Women's Empowerment Group.

Hope for Israel's Darfur asylum seekers after court ruling

Separated from his family, Hassan says he fled from Sudan to Egypt and on through the Sinai desert into Israel, where he has been living in immigration limbo for 11 years.

WOMEN WALK to the market in Abu Shock IDPs camp in Al Fashir, capital of North Darfur, Sudan, last year.

Dozens of Palestinians use Barcelona layover to seek asylum in Spain

It is the second attempt by a group of airline passengers to gain entry to Spain in less than two weeks.

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Grapevine November 3, 2021: Doctors in the house

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Itsik Kamilian, CEO of the Ambassador's Club; Erez Naane; Bahraini Ambassador Khaled Yusef al-Jalahma; Yitzhak Eidan

Jerusalem Cinematheque to host fundraiser for African asylum-seekers

Jerusalem Cinematheque will screen Flee, a movie about Afghan refugees to raise funds for asylum seekers.

 Afghan refugees walk to a bus taking them to a processing center upon arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US.

Woman seeking political asylum to avoid being a queen can give a goat instead

A woman who is supposed to become a queen in her come country appealed for political asylum in Israel to avoid taking the throne.

Petting the goat, Iza Paziza, at Moshav Tal Shahar

Euro-Asian Jewish Congress leaders help Afghan refugees find asylum in Canada

Some 40 Afghan residents were granted asylum in Dubai and Canada on September 6.

 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress leaders help Afghan refugees find asylum in Canada

Israel's African asylum seekers are living in limbo

Israel's government tends to take a long time processing each individual’s claim for refugee status, and rarely grants it, leaving them stuck in a country with minimal rights and an uncertain future.

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel