Inside Israel’s campaign to deport tens of thousands of African migrants
TEL AVIV, Israel — Father Tesfayohanns Tesfamariam has always prayed his way through the darkest days. Growing up in Eritrea — a small East African…
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African Migrants in Israel Protest Deportation Plans
JERUSALEM — Thousands of African migrants in Israel are facing growing uncertainty as a looming deadline for deportation approaches. “We are refugees, we are not…
Cairo removes Ottoman name amid Egypt-Turkey strife
CAIRO — Cairo Gov. Atef Abdel Hamid announced Feb. 6 that the city will rename Selim I Street in eastern Cairo’s El Zaytoun district. The new name is yet…
Turkey extends military deployment near Yemen
The Turkish Parliament has extended the deployment of its forces in the Gulf of Aden, Somalia and the Red Sea for one more year, the…
Israel’s plan to deport African migrants prompts soul-searching
TEL AVIV, Israel — Dawit Habtai wants Israelis to know one thing: he’s an asylum-seeker, not a criminal. “I only want to build my life…
Israel Begins Sending Deportation Notices To African Migrants
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel began the process of serving deportation notices to African refugees from Eritrea and Sudan. The notices started being distributed on Sunday,…
Trump to allow 6,900 Syrians to remain in US temporarily
The Trump administration will let 6,900 Syrians who had been allowed to live and work in the US because of dangerous conditions in their home country remain…
US lifts ban on refugees from 11 countries
The United States announced Monday it was lifting its ban on refugees from 11 “high-risk” countries, but said those seeking to enter the US would…
Israel: no country for black people
Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that African refugees had three months to get out of the country. Describing African refugees numbering…
Sisi vows to protect Egypt’s water supply
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed Monday to protect Egypt’s water supply while striving for peace with the Nile upstream countries of Sudan and Ethiopia, which…