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Russian aliyah spikes in 2022

By mid-November, around 61,000 immigrants had arrived in Israel from all countries, more than double the total in 2021.

Ukrainian Jews arrive on aliyah at Ben-Gurion Airport, Feb. 20, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
Ukrainian Jews arrive on aliyah at Ben-Gurion Airport, Feb. 20, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

More than four times as many persons made aliyah from Russia in the first 10 months of 2022 than in all of last year, according to Ofek Israeli—The National Aliyah Promotion Company.

A total of 32,494 Russian citizens immigrated to Israel under the Law of Return this year compared to around 7,800 in all of 2021.

In addition, 14,450 people from Ukraine, 3,280 from North America, 1,957 from France, 1,750 from Belarus and 1,474 from Ethiopia made aliyah so far his year. A total of 493 Jews moved to Israel from the United Kingdom, 1,000 from Argentina and 411 from South Africa.

By mid-November, around a total of 61,000 immigrants had arrived in Israel in 2022, more than twice the 27,057 who came last year.

Next week in Ashdod, Ofek Israeli will host a conference for hundreds of emissaries. These emissaries work with Jewish communities worldwide and are in charge of the aliyah process there.

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