Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata say she expects tens of thousands of people to immigrate to Israel in the coming months in light of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Jewish Agency, which facilitates immigration to Israel, says it has already received thousands of immigration requests from Ukraine over the past week and a half, since the start of the Russian offensive, far more than they normally receive over the course of an entire year. Israeli officials have predicted a similar jump in immigration from Russia.
“We are trying to offer the best possible conditions to Jews and those eligible [to immigrate] under the Law of Return. We are not asking them to come with visas [even],” she says, entering the cabinet meeting.
“The main, massive absorption [of the immigrants] will be for the long term, and we are working on this now. I expect tens of thousands of Jews to arrive in Israel in the coming months,” she says.
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