[HIGHLIGHTS] Reversal in Immigrant Budgeting: Instead of Russia and Ukraine - France and the US | Israel Hayom

Ministry of Immigrant Absorption to reduce funding for immigration from Russia and Ukraine. Money will be redirected to encourage immigration from France and the United States.

Officials say the move will not harm the existing immigration from the former Soviet Union. "The change we bring is professional, and from the very first steps we see the positive response," says senior official at the Ministry of Aliyah andAbsorption. "This is a step in the right direction," says another official, "but it is not the end of the story"