Israel News DEC 10, 2025
50,000 illegal immigrants are living in Israel
A growing number of foreign workers living in Israel, along with tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, including infiltrators from East Africa and people who overstayed visas
There were more than 260,000 foreign nationals living in Israel at the end of 2024, including roughly 50,000 illegal immigrants, according to official government records.
On Tuesday, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released a report on the number of foreign nationals living in Israel – either legally or illegally – as of December 2024.
According to the report, as of the end of last year, there were 260,400 foreign nationals living in Israel, not including non-citizens with permanent resident status.
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