"Realizing the Zionist Dream": 250,000 immigrants arrived in Israel in the past decade
According to the Jewish Agency, the leading countries in the number of immigrants in this decade are Russia, Ukraine, France, the United States and Ethiopia. The leading year for immigration is 2019, which the agency estimates will end with about 34,000 immigrants. Chairman of Herzog Agency: "Choose Israel with a deep sense of belonging"
"Realizing the Zionist Dream": 250,000 immigrants arrived in Israel in the past decade
More than a quarter of a million immigrants have come to Israel from about 150 countries over the past decade, according to Jewish Agency data released Saturday. According to the data, the leading countries in the number of immigrants in this decade are Russia, Ukraine, France, the United States and Ethiopia. The leading year for immigration is 2019, which is estimated to end with 34,000 immigrants, according to the Jewish Agency.
According to agency data, more than half of the immigrants in this decade, some 130,000, came from the former Soviet Union; More than 55,000 people from European countries (with a record of more than 38,000 immigrants from France); About 36,000 from North America, of which more than 32,000 from the United States and more than 3,800 from Canada; Some 13,420 from Latin American countries (some 4,320 from Brazil and about 3,150 from Argentina); About 10,500 from Ethiopia; More than 2,560 from South Africa; More than 1,950 from Oceania, with the vast majority from Australia and about 1,700 coming from Asian and African countries, some 1,180 from India and more than 190 from Hong Kong and China. The report also reveals that more than 3,040 new immigrants have immigrated from the Middle East and other countries of Israel have no diplomatic relations.
The key trends in this decade seem to include climbing from France to the peak of all decades with the arrival of some 38,000 immigrants during the decade, which account for about one-third of all immigrants from France since the establishment of the country. In 2015, a record has been broken in France since the establishment of the country, with the arrival of 7,892 immigrants and then stabilizing. The influx of immigration from the United States is ongoing and stands at more than 3,000 immigrants per year. Immigration from Brazil has also jumped to new highs this decade, and if at the beginning of the decade the rate of immigration from the southern US state averaged about 200 immigrants a year, in the second half of the decade the number of immigrants rose and the average rate rose to about 600 every year. There has also been a renewed increase in immigration from Eastern European countries, in particular from Russia and Ukraine. In addition, according to the Jewish Agency, about 60% of immigrants in this decade are younger than 45 years.
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To the full articleAbout 3,200 people immigrated to Israel from North America. North American immigrants (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Immigrants from North America arrive in Israel - reception at Ben Gurion Airport (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Notable promotions of this decade - Operation 'Wings of the Dove', which ended in August 2013 during which the Jewish Agency raised about 7,800 Ethiopian immigrants and Operation 'End of Yemen' led by the Jewish Agency in March 2016 during which Riyadh Jews were raised at the height of the raging war in Yemen.
The Jewish Agency estimates that 2019 will end with some 34,000 immigrants, thus being the leading year for the number of immigrants in the last decade. By the end of November 2019, more than 32,600 immigrants from all over the world had immigrated to Israel, compared with 27,627 in the same period last year (an increase of 18%). The Commonwealth reached about 22,750 immigrants by the end of November - a 31% increase over last year; From Western Europe to the end of November, more than 3,420 will arrive (down 9% on last year); From North America about 3,200 similar to 2018; Latin America has about 1,600, up 3%, and Ethiopia about 650 (up from 31 in the same period in 2018).
"You have come here from all corners to fulfill the Zionist dream and strengthen the State of Israel," said Jewish Agency Chairman Yitzhak Herzog in a meeting with new immigrants who arrived in the past decade. He noted that "in the past decade, more than a quarter of a million immigrants came to the Jewish Agency with assistance. In Israel, with a deep sense of belonging and a desire to build in this country their future and their children. "