Amid calls to allow in more non-Jewish refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announces that Ukrainians who are not eligible for citizenship but who are relatives of Israelis will be allowed to stay in the country without being counted as part of a cap setting how many can remain.
“We’re opening our gates, but not to an unlimited amount,” she says during a press conference at Ben Gurion. “Ultimately the main challenge for the Israeli government and State of Israel is to absorb the masses of new immigrants arriving here, and also those fleeing the battles.
Following Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s call earlier today for Israel to allow in more non-Jewish refugees, Shaked says the two are on the same page.
“Just five minutes ago, we spoke on the phone. Everything is coordinated with him,” she says.
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