Agency released immigration data • Russia is the country from which most immigrants came, followed by Ukraine, France and Canada • Full data - Inside
Herzog with the immigrants and their children // Photo: David Salem, a pair of productions
Data from the Jewish Agency for the Summary of Aliyah to Israel In the last decade, submitted to Chairman Isaac (Buzzi) Herzog, indicate that from the beginning of 2010 to the end of 2019, more than 255,000 new immigrants and immigrants from 150 different countries will immigrate to Israel.
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 Jewish Agency estimates will end with about 34,000 immigrants. "You came here from all over the world to fulfill the Zionist dream and strengthen the State of Israel," Herzog said last Wednesday, in a meeting with new immigrants who have come from a variety of countries and their children, who were already born in Israel and wearing the shirts MADE IN ISRAEL, in the past decade. Always exciting to meet the next generation. " Herzog also noted: "In the past decade, the Jewish Agency has assisted more than a quarter of a million immigrants, who chose Israel with a deep sense of belonging and a desire to build in this country their future and their children."
According to the Jewish Agency, more than half of the immigrants in this decade, about 130,000 came from the former Soviet Union; More than 55,000 people from Western European countries with a record of more than 38,000 immigrants from France; About 36,000 are from North America, of which about 32,000 are from the US and more than 3,800 from Canada, according to the Jewish Agency and Mental Health data; Some 13,420 from Latin American countries, some 4,320 from Brazil and about 3150 from Argentina; About 10,500 from Ethiopia; Over 2,560 from South Africa; More than 1,950 from Oceania, most of them from Australia; And some 1,700 came 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 in Israel have no diplomatic relations.
One of the key trends in this decade is the rise of France, which has reached the peak of all decades with the arrival of some 38,000 immigrants during the decade, accounting for about one-third of all immigrants from France since the establishment of the country. In 2015, a record increase in French immigration has been broken since the founding of the country, with the arrival of 7,892 immigrants and then immigration stabilizing.
The influx of immigration from the United States continues to exceed 3,000 immigrants a year, according to Jewish Agency and Mental Health data. The rise from Brazil has also jumped to new highs this decade, and if at the beginning of the decade the rate of immigration from the Samba country averaged about 200 immigrants a year, then in the second half of the decade the number of immigrants rose and the average rate of immigration was about 600 every year. In addition, there has been a renewed increase in immigration from the US, especially from Russia and Ukraine. According to the Jewish Agency, about 60% of immigrants in this decade are younger than 45 years.
Notable promotions of this decade were Operation Pigeon Wings, which ended in August 2013 and 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 the Raida Jews were promoted at the height of the war in Yemen. Over the decade, the Jewish Agency, together with its partners in the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption and the Israeli Horizon, has developed unique programs to encourage immigration and the integration of immigrants into Israeli society, with the help of Jewish Federations in North America and the Keren Hayesod. Among other things, routes have been developed to integrate immigrants into employment, including programs for the absorption of immigrant doctors in the public health system and the absorption of engineers in the high-tech industry. Adapted absorption routes were also used for young academics and young people from all over the world, programs to accompany individual immigrant soldiers, and educational projects to empower immigrant children and youth.
As stated, the Jewish Agency estimates that 2019 will end with approximately 34,000 immigrants, thus being the leading year for the number of immigrants in the last decade. By the end of November 2019, according to the Jewish Agency, more than 32,600 immigrants from all over the world, compared with 27,627 in the corresponding period last year, increased 18%. The Commonwealth reached about 22,750 immigrants by the end of November, a 31% increase over last year; Western Europe had more than 3,420 up to the end of November, down 9% on last year; North America has about 3,200 similar to last year. Latin America has about 1,600, a 3% increase, and Ethiopia about 650, up from 31 in the same period in 2018.
The ten countries with the largest number of immigrants in the last decade, up to November 2019: first place Russia with about 66,800 immigrants, second place Ukraine with about 45,670 immigrants, third place France with about 38,000 immigrants, fourth place United States about 32,000 Immigrants, in fifth place Ethiopia about 10,500 immigrants, in sixth place Britain with about 6,320 immigrants, in seventh place in Belarus about 5530 immigrants, in eighth place Brazil about 4320 immigrants, in ninth place Canada with about 3640 immigrants, and in tenth place in Argentina with 3150 Immigrants. Data on immigration to Israel by years: in 2010 - 19,297 immigrants in 2011 - 19,151 immigrants in 2012 - 18,771 immigrants in 2013 - 19,023 immigrants in 2014 - 26,508 immigrants in 2015 - 31,229 immigrants in 2016 - 27,629 immigrants in 2017 - 29,509 immigrants in 2018 - 30,403 immigrants in 2019 - about 34,000 immigrants.
