Balkans | 70,000 Jews from 95 countries will immigrate to Israel in 2022

While the number of Jews who immigrated to Israel reached the highest number in the past 23 years in 2022, most Jewish immigration occurred from Russia and Ukraine.

IsraelFrom the beginning of the year until December 1, 70 thousand from 95 countries Jewish(high), this number is the highest in the past 23 years.

In the statement issued by the Jewish Agency, which works for the interests of Jews in the Diaspora, it was noted that the number of Jews who immigrated to Israel in 2022 approached 2.5 times the previous year.

The statement stated that Jewish immigration to Israel came from 95 different countries, and that the highest immigration was from Russia, which amounted to 37 thousand and 363 people.

The statement said that Ukraine is the second country with the largest number of Jewish immigrants to Israel with 14,680 people, while the United States, France, Belarus, Ethiopia, Argentina, England, South Africa and Brazil are the other countries with the highest Jewish immigration, respectively.

The statement also indicated that 27 percent of the Jews who immigrated to Israel are between the ages of 18-35, 24 percent are between the ages of 0-17, 22 percent are between the ages of 36-50, and 14 percent are between the ages of 51. -64, and 13% are between the ages of 65. Information shared.

Israel’s policy is high

According to Israel’s so-called “Law of Return”, Jews who apply to immigrate to this country can obtain Israeli citizenship by doing “aliyah”, which means “immigration of Diaspora Jews to Israel”.

Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Israeli authorities have also been indoctrinating often Ukrainian Jews to emigrate to Israel.

The Israeli government’s Ministry of Justice and Integration and the Jewish Agency accelerated “aliyah” practices in order for Ukrainian Jews to leave the country faster because of the war.