Press Releases and Announcements

Israel Press Releases and Updates

UNHCR Statement regarding the cancellation of Israel-UNHCR agreement

Press Release | 03 April 2018 | UNHCR

UNHCR and Israel sign agreement to find solutions for Eritreans and Sudanese

Press Release | 02 April 2018 | UNHCR

UNHCR deeply concerned at violent incident involving Eritrean asylum-seekers, urges restraint

BRIEFING NOTES | 05  September 2023 | UNHCR

UNHCR is concerned at new Amendment to Israel’s Law on the Prevention of Infiltration

News | 10 January 2014 | UNHCR

Israel: national refugee status granting body inaugurated

Press Release | 25 January 2007 | UNHCR

UNHCR appeals to Israel over forced relocations policy

News | 09 January 2018 | UNHCR

UNHCR concerned over Israel’s refugee relocation proposals

Press Release | 17 November 2017 | UNHCR

Selected International press releases translated to Hebrew

News comment: UNHCR’s Grandi fears UK legislation will dramatically weaken refugee protection

Press Release | 11 May 2022 | UNHCR

Press Conferences and Q&As

UNHCR-Israel Framework of Common Understanding (Hebrew)

Press Conference | 02 April 2018 | Prime Minister’s Office

Q&A with Israeli diplomat and UNHCR honorary representative Mickey Bavly: Growing caseload of asylum seekers for UNHCR offices in Israel

Q&A | 13 July 2007 | UNHCR

To mark the third anniversary for the cancelation of UNHCR-Israel Framework of Common Understanding, Gili Cohen interviews Prof. Mor-Yosef, the Director General of Population, Immigration and Border Authority and Sharon Harel, senior representative of UNHCR in Israel (Available in Hebrew)

Podcast | 4 April 2021 | Kan – Israeli Broadcast Corporation

Full list of international press releases