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Shaked: ‘Impossible’ for Israel to keep absorbing Ukrainian refugees at current rate
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Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked signals Israel may move to limit the number of Ukrainian refugees allowed into the country.
Speaking at a meeting on the preparations for absorbing Israeli citizens and refugees fleeing the Russian invasion, Shaked says of the 2,034 Ukrainians who have arrived since the start of the war, around 10 percent are eligible for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return.
She predicts that if the current pace continues, there will be 15,000 refugees within the month.
“It’s impossible to continue with a rate of entry like this. We need to delineate a policy. Relative to its size, Israel has brought in more [Ukrainians] that any state in Europe besides those bordering Ukraine,” she is quoted as saying by the Walla news site.
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