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


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.

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.

Children at a kindergarten for asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv.

Sudanese nationals in Israel fear deportation after peace deal

Many in country illegally worry about their fate – which could include death.

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Right to asylum, recognized after Holocaust, may be at its end

On June 15, the Trump administration proposed exhaustive new asylum regulations that, if implemented, could mark the end of asylum as we know it.

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The Eritrean cooking course teaching Israelis about asylum seekers

Kitchen Talks is a social project that aims to connect different groups in Israeli society.

Chef Asmait Merhatsion runs the ‘Kitchen Talks’ program

Struggling asylum seekers call on government to release withheld funds

"Most asylum seekers aren’t eligible for any of these things. The government must release our money now, to prevent a real humanitarian disaster."

Asylum seekers demonstrate in front of the Knesset

140,000 refugees flee Turkey for Europe, despite coronavirus fears

Turkey sends flights to evacuate its own citizens while it denies health care to asylum seekers who flee to Greece amid unprecedented EU closures

Children sit in an auto rickshaw in Tal Abyad, one of the cities in which Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan plans to resettle Syrian refugees

Sudanese asylum seekers say Netanyahu 'shook hands with murderer'

The war in Darfur has been going on since 2003, with close to three million citizens being displaced and at least 300,000 being killed as of 2013.

The head of Sudan's Transitional Military Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, talks to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during the signing of a power sharing deal in Khartoum, Sudan, August 17, 2019

Iranian gymnasts denied Australian visas due to fears of asylum requests

The Australian embassy in Tehran said the decision was made because of Iran's "economic situation" and the possibility that the gymnasts could seek asylum in Melbourne.

Gymnast Saeedreza Keikha of Iran at 2018 Asian Games

Mexican children shiver in tents at US border as temperature freezes

Weather forecasts predict freezing temperatures in the Ciudad Juarez-El Paso area through the weekend.

An asylum-seeking child plays in an encampment where he lives in Matamoros