Do the children of illegal immigrants in Israel have the right to an education? This question has been coming up with increasing frequency in southern Tel Aviv. The parents of children in several schools there have begun expressing opposition to the growing number of these children sharing the classroom with their own. They are asking that the Tel Aviv municipality send these children to other schools, preferably in Tel Aviv’s affluent northern neighborhoods.
This figure does not include the children born to this population in Israel. They are estimated to number about 2,500, the overwhelming majority of them in Tel Aviv. The city provides these children with a free education, Hebrew-language classes, psychological services, hot meals and more in schools designated specifically for these children.
