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Monday, March 21, 2022
Labor MK: Ukrainian women, children refused entry held under ‘shameful’ conditions at airport
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Labor MK Ibtisam Mara’ana, who has relentlessly campaigned for an improvement in the treatment of Ukrainian refugees, says Israel should feel shame about the conditions at a detention facility at Ben Gurion Airport for those who have been refused entry.
“A source of great shame,” Mara’ana tells Army Radio. “There is no hot water in some of the rooms in the detention facilities. We all know the price of war — they have nowhere to go back to. The State of Israel can receive more refugees.”
The lawmaker, chair of the Knesset Committee for Foreign Workers, tweets photos from her visit, showing the spartan facilities.
“The reception given to a young mother and her two children who fled the inferno in Ukraine for a father waiting for them in Israel,” she captions a photo. “Shame on the facility run by the Population and Immigration Authority. They weren’t even given bedding, let alone toys or books for children or free access to their belongings.”
???????? קבלת פנים לאמא צעירה ושני ילדיה שברחו מהתופת באוקראינה לאבא שמחכה להם בישראל. בושה במתקן יהלום של רשות האוכלוסין וההגירה. אפילו מצעים לא נתנו להם, שלא לדבר על צעצועים וספרים לילדים או גישה חופשית לחפצים שלהם pic.twitter.com/nhyhCLZZv4
— Ibtisam Mara’ana | ابتسام مراعنة | אבתיסאם מראענה (@IbtisamMaraana) March 21, 2022
Since the war broke out, 275 Ukrainian citizens have been refused entry to Israel.
The Times of Israel Community.