refugees Articles and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post

Please note: This website includes an accessibility system. Press Control-F11 to adjust the website to the visually impaired who are using a screen reader; Press Control-F10 to open an accessibility menu.

NAKA PITIA.

Asylum seeker to launch podcast to explore African refugee experiences in Israel and beyond

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Kobi Blitstein, then-director general of the Ministry of Energy against backdrop of Gaza (illustration).

Israel appoints director to oversee 'voluntary emigration' of Palestinians from Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, during the emergency Arab summit organised by Egypt, in Cairo, March 4, 2025.

Rumors or reality? Egypt’s potential role in hosting Gazans

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A flight from Aden, Yemen, to the newly formed State of Israel during Operation Magic Carpet, which brought thousands of Yemeni Jews to the Holy Land (1949-1950).

Palestinians should be resettled in Arab countries that expelled their Jews

By WALTER E. BLOCK

An illustrative image of US President Donald Trump superimposed over displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Trump should reject the long-accepted Palestinian narrative on indigeneity, refugeehood

By ERIC R. MANDEL

SOME OF THE thousands of asylum seekers, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea, who are living in Tel Aviv.

Asylum-seeking, refugee women in Israel endure higher poverty rates and exploitation

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Millionaire refugees: The charged debate over UNRWA’s defining policy and its future

By BATYA LEVINTHAL

Ukrainian refugees arrive in Israel on February 9, 2023

From one war to another: Ukrainian refugees in Israel left without safety net, NGO report says

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Yair Lapid addressing the Foundation for Defense of Democracies conference in Washington, February 25, 2025.

Lapid's post-war plan leaves Egypt in charge of Gaza for 15 years

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Tent CEO Gideon Maltz, winner of the 2025 Charles Bronfman Prize, at his office in New York.

This Jewish humanitarian is connecting refugees to jobs as a win-win for employers and refugees.

By LARRY LUXNER/JTA

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

Asylum seekers were victims of Oct. 7. Israel's gov't must do more to support them

By Tali Ehrenthal

An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Jewish clergy, creatives denounce Trump’s Gaza proposal in full-page NYT ad

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PALESTINIANS MAKE their way between southern and northern Gaza on Sunday after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor.

Gazan family allowed to enter UK through Ukraine refugee scheme

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People gather as Hamas militants terrorists for the handover of hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City, January 19, 2025

Israel has lost its leverage in the Gaza hostage deal

By AMICHAI STEIN

Hamas terrorists seen before a hostage release in Gaza City, February 1, 2025

Trump is right—Gaza's future depends on breaking the cycle of destruction

POPULATION AND Immigration Authority data place the current asylum-seeking population at 30,000, with an estimated 4,000 from Usman’s home country, Sudan. An additional 19,000 asylum-seekers are from neighboring Eritrea.

14 years in limbo: A journey from Darfur to building a life in Israel

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 7, 2023.

Albanian PM ridicules Amit Segal for report of moving Palestinians to Albania

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A day after U.S. forces completed its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, refugees board a bus taking them to a processing center upon their arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US, September 1, 2021.

Trump aid freeze strands Afghan visa holders in Albania

By REUTERS