immigration

New immigrants from North America arrive at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport on March 25, 2026. (Yonit Schiller)

April 2, 2026, 3:30 pm

Undeterred by war, North American Jews continue to immigrate to Israel

Despite security challenges and limited flights, hundreds have made aliyah in 2026

By Peter Ephross JTA

March 13, 2026, 1:08 pm

Refugee Shabbat in a hardening Britain

As rhetoric on refugees grows harsher, Refugee Shabbat urges Britain to remember the Jewish duty to welcome the stranger

By Judith Flacks-Leigh

Protesters in support refugees in Westminster

March 4, 2026, 1:11 pm

Britain must reject plans for an ‘ICE-style’ deportation agency

Jewish history in Britain shows why immigration policies driven by fear threaten refugees and the country’s moral values

By Rabbi David Mason

The Home Office building in London, as ministers defend refusal to grant travel assurances to a Gaza family. Credit: The Standard

January 26, 2026, 3:11 pm

Helping Gazan family enter UK would be a security ‘step too far’, court told

Government argues security risks outweigh humanitarian need as judges consider Gaza family’s challenge to travel refusal

By JN Reporter

November 27, 2025, 4:10 pm

Government successfully closes loophole which saw Palestinians use Ukraine scheme

In February, an immigration panel ruled a Gazan family could use the scheme to come to the UK, despite the Ukraine initiative having closed a year earlier

By Jewish News Reporter

July 22, 2025, 3:09 pm

‘AliyahGPT’ launches to help those moving to Israel with AI-powered precision

Shivat Zion unveils groundbreaking multilingual chatbot offering instant, tailored advice to streamline the immigration journey to Israel

By Annabel Sinclair

February 4, 2025, 2:40 pm

OPINION: Israel’s population reaches 10 million, but its Jewish demography is changing

As Israel is officially no longer a ‘small nation,’ its responsibilities are growing

By Professor Sergio Della Pergola

HSI Special Response Team (SRT) members training using armored vehicle at Fort Benning in Georgia. Pic: Wikipedia

January 29, 2025, 1:31 pm

Dozens of Jewish groups protest Trump’s plans for mass deportation

Signatories to the open letter include leading Reform and Conservative Jewish organisations

By Ben Sales (JTA)

Stephen_Miller_by_Gage_Skidmore, Wikipedia

November 12, 2024, 3:45 pm

Stephen Miller, hardline Jewish Trump aide, to become deputy chief of staff as immigration becomes top issue

The architect of some of Trumps’ most controversial immigration policies was reprimanded by a broad spectrum of Jewish groups during his first term

By Andrew Lapin (JTA)

Robert Jenrick. (Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

September 26, 2023, 11:37 am

Jenrick ‘snubs border controls meeting’ after row over ‘antisemitic’ report

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick reportedly refused to meet with chief inspector of borders after row over home office report which accused Israel of 'ethic cleansing' of Palestinians

By Lee Harpin

Rajesh Agrawal, Deputy Mayor of London for Business

September 21, 2023, 12:51 pm

London’s deputy mayor for business has big plans for Israel

Rajesh Agrawal has had a key role in the capital's administration for seven years. Now he wants to expand the capital’s business reach, he tells Candice Krieger

By Candice Krieger

Louise Ellman appearing in the 2019 documentary Forced Out and Whitewashed by Judith Ornstein, which tells the stories of people who had to leave the Labour Party because of antisemitism.

April 28, 2023, 9:49 am

Suella Braverman ‘demeaned’ herself by criticising the Board, says Ellman

Dame Louise Ellman has used a speech at a Board of Deputies meeting to criticise the Home Secretary over her decision to use a speech at a CST dinner to condemn the communal organisation

By Lee Harpin

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover. (PA)

March 22, 2023, 12:30 pm

OPINION: Overpaid pundit Lineker has debased vital debate

His sympathy for asylum seekers is to be admired. But Gary Lineker's ignorance in comparing events in the UK to 1930s Germany was unconscionable, writes Alex Brummer

By Alex Brummer

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the RNLI, following a small boat incident in the Channel after 27 people died yesterday in the worst-recorded migrant tragedy in the Channel. Picture date: Thursday November 25, 2021.

March 12, 2023, 10:27 am

OPINION: Migrants have always cast their eyes to the UK

Jewish News' historian Derek Taylor looks back and asks what we might learn from the migration of European Jews over the centuries.

By Derek Taylor

March 10, 2023, 5:20 pm

Gary Lineker taken off air from BBC presenter role at Match of the Day

The 62-year old refuses to apologise for his comments comparing UK immigration measures to 1930s Germany. Lineker's TV colleague Ian Wright has refused to appear on the show tomorrow in 'solidarity'.

By Michelle Rosenberg

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