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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Israel trying to expel 12th grader, mother back to Ukraine after a decade in Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Interior Ministry is ordering a 12th grader and her mother to leave the country within two weeks and go back to war-torn Ukraine after 10 years in the country, Channel 12 reports.
The girl, who also plays on Israel’s handball team, was in the country legally after her mother married an Israeli.
However, he died recently and the ministry decided to revoke their residency and deny a claim for citizenship, saying that the marriage appeared to be a “fictitious relationship.”
The ministry says they found no grounds to reconsider the decision on “humanitarian grounds.”
פרסום ראשון: מדינת ישראל מגרשת לאוקראינה תלמידת י"ב, במקרה גם שחקנית כדוריד מצטיינת בנבחרת ישראל, שנמצאת בארץ כבר עשר שנים עם אמא שלה. רשות האוכלוסין דורשת מהן לעזוב תוך 14 יום, לארוז מזוודות ולחזור למחוז חרסון שמצוי תחת אש כבדה של הרוסים >> pic.twitter.com/UVo4GaxwgJ
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