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


Activist banned by Knesset speaker for saying firing squad should kill MK

Meretz MK Gaby Lasky was told yesterday she should be killed after advocating for Israel to take in Afghan refugees.

 Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky is seen at the supreme court for hearing in Jerusalem on September 14, 2020.

Israel needs to treat African asylum seekers better - opinion

During the Netanyahu era, government policy was designed to criminalize and demonize African asylum seekers and force them to leave voluntarily by making their lives as miserable as possible.

Asylum seekers demonstrate in front of the Knesset

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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