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PM said to reject idea of work permits for Ukrainian refugees
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center) and Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (right) at Ministerial Committee on Aliyah and Integration, in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
While Israel has taken in a limited number of Ukrainian refugees, it is granting them entry approval alone.
During a cabinet meeting to discuss the government’s refugee policy, Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg raised the idea of also granting Ukrainians work permits as is the case with many European countries taking in tens of thousands of refugees and providing them with childcare and employment opportunities.
The idea is quickly rejected by Prime Minister Naftali, who says that Israel will provide refugees with humanitarian needs, but nothing beyond that, according to the Walla news site.
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