HOLLYWOOD BEACH, Florida — By the end of the year the number of new immigrants to the country in 2021 is to reach 27,000, a rise of 30 percent compared to the year before, Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata tells the Israeli American Council’s national summit in Florida.
Tamano-Shata says the numbers surpass the target she had set of 25,000 new arrivals.
Shata calls it “a very good year, even when compared to regular years when there was no coronavirus.”
The figure matched that of 2016. In 2017 there was a slight climb to 29,000 and that continued into 2018 with 30,000, reaching a record of 35,000 in 2019. However, with the start of the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions it caused to international travel, numbers tumbled.
In 2020 there were just 22,000 who moved to start a new life in Israel.
Tamano-Shata highlighted increased immigration from North America and France.
There was a 34% increase in immigration from the US, with 4,000 arriving this year. France saw a 41% leap, with 3,380 arriving so far in 2021 and over a hundred more expected by the end of the month. There were 7,000 immigrants from Russia and 2,800 from Ukraine this year.
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