Immigrants Archives

Eritrean Ambassador Acknowledges Return of Eritrean Immigrants from Israel

September 11, 2014September 12, 2014TesfaNews30 Comments

By TesfaNews, AS Israel has come under fierce criticism from rights groups over ‘unlawful coercion’ of Sudanese and Eritrean immigrants into returning to their home countries, Eritrean envoy to Tel Aviv, Ambassador Tesfamariam Tekest acknowledges that despite the lack of direct flights from Israel, dozens of immigrants have started to voluntarily return to Eritrea every week. […]

Birth Rate in Israel’s Ethiopian Community Dwindling

August 25, 2014August 25, 2014TesfaNews5 Comments

By Talila Nesher, WOMEN who immigrated from Ethiopia eight years ago say they were told they would not be allowed into Israel unless they agreed to be injected with the long-acting birth control drug Depo Provera, according to an investigative report aired Saturday on the Israel Educational Television program “Vacuum.” The women say that while waiting […]

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