Refugees

UK must stop giving millions to the corrupted fiefdom of Unrwa

No wonder that CAA polling found that 89 per cent of British Jews do not want taxpayers to fund the agency

By Gideon Falter

3 min read

An Unrwa facility in Gaza City (Getty Images)

The Royal Courts of Justice in London, which house the Court of Appeal (Getty Images)

Refugees

Ruling granting Gazan family UK refuge under Ukraine scheme overturned after Home Office appeal

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel, bound for Dover (Photo: Getty)

Refugees

Mahmood’s asylum shake-up will cause ‘lasting harm’ to refugees, Jewish charity fears

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

HIAS+JCORE

Reform UK’s mass deportation proposal is ‘devoid of Jewish values’, argues refugee support charity

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

France

France halts Gaza refugee programme after admitting Palestinian who said ‘kill all the Jews’

By Yossi Lempkowicz

1 min read

Aerial view of St Donat's Castle, home to UWC Atlantic College (Picture: Getty)

Schools

Elite school cancels antisemitism talk over ‘emotional safety’ of students

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

Lady Chief Justice Carr at the State Opening of Parliament (Image: Getty).

Refugees

UK’s top judge attacks Starmer and Badenoch for ‘unacceptable criticism’ of Gaza refugee decision

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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WJR on ‘mission’ to connect Jewish refugee history with descendants

Do you know someone who arrived in the UK between 1933 and 1946 with the assistance of the Central British Fund? World Jewish Relief might have their files

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

January 29, 2025 15:19

World Jewish Relief is on a 'mission' to connect documents about Jewish refugees arriving in the UK between 1933 and 1946 with their descendants

Shoah descendents learn how to apply for European citizenship at AJR event

The Association of Jewish Refugees said they were ‘honoured to enable the next generations to continue their family legacy’

By Hannah Gillott

1 min read

August 21, 2024 12:24

Representatives from German, Austrian, and Czech embassies explain the process of naturalisation to Shoah survivors and their descendants, August 18, 2024 (Credit: AJR/Adam Soller)

We cannot stand by while refugees suffer, says charity

Rabbi David Mason tells supporters of Hias+JCore that it will campaign for fairer asylum system

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

June 11, 2024 12:08

Hias+Jcore deputy director Amos Schonfield with Josh Stein, a volunteer with the Jump scheme to befriend young asylum-seekers

Board of Deputies VP candidates debate refugee policy

Contenders discussed how far the representative body should go in addressing issues such as asylum

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

April 2, 2024 12:00

Board of Deputies vice-presidential contenders: (top row from left); Denise Lester, Jeremy Michelson, Owen Power: (below): Andrew Gilbert, Adrian Cohen

Why synagogues are being asked to mark Refugee Shabbat this weekend

Looking after the ‘stranger’ lies at the heart of the Torah

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

February 1, 2024 15:13

Why synagogues are being asked to mark Refugee Shabbat this weekend

Amid the sadness in Israel, small glimmers of hope

From the Lebanese border in the far north to Eilat in the deep south, stories of wartime courage and resilience

By Gabrielle Weiniger

4 min read

December 20, 2023 15:20

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 20: People on motor scooter pass by a wall with photos of hostages taken to the Gaza Strip during the deadly Oct 7 Hamas attack on December 20, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. It has been more than two months since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that prompted Israel's retaliatory air and ground campaign in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

More than 200,000 displaced Israelis crowd into hotels after Hamas terror attack

Most of the civilians are being evacuated northern and southern communities

By Amelie Botbol

2 min read

October 26, 2023 10:33

More than 200,000 displaced Israelis crowd into hotels after Hamas terror attack

By Richard Pater

How Eritrean street fights link to Bibi’s court reforms

Several questions also remain unanswered from the rioting

4 min read

September 7, 2023 13:01

Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro regime activists clash with Israeli police in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023. Photo by Omer Fichman/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** הפגנה תומכי משטר אריתריאה פליטים דרום תל אביב כנס מבקשי מקלט עבודה

Netanyahu to consider deportations as Eritrean protest injures hundreds in Tel Aviv

Israeli police were reportedly 'surprised' by the levels of violence from refugees of the East African nation

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

September 3, 2023 12:30

Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023. Photo by Itai Ron/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** הפגנה תומכי משטר אריתריאה פליטים דרום תל אביב כנס מבקשי מקלט עבודה

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Refugees

UK must stop giving millions to the corrupted fiefdom of Unrwa

Ruling granting Gazan family UK refuge under Ukraine scheme overturned after Home Office appeal

Mahmood’s asylum shake-up will cause ‘lasting harm’ to refugees, Jewish charity fears

Reform UK’s mass deportation proposal is ‘devoid of Jewish values’, argues refugee support charity

France halts Gaza refugee programme after admitting Palestinian who said ‘kill all the Jews’

Elite school cancels antisemitism talk over ‘emotional safety’ of students

UK’s top judge attacks Starmer and Badenoch for ‘unacceptable criticism’ of Gaza refugee decision

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