110 New Immigrants from Ukraine: "Returning Home" | Israel today

"We were like dreamers" version 2021:

 110 new immigrants from Ukraine immigrated to Israel today (Tuesday) on special flights from Kiev and Odessa of the Friendship Foundation and were absorbed by the Ministry of Absorption at Ben Gurion Airport.

Pavel (42) and Natalia (43) Courtnik immigrate from Kiev with their children Danya (13) and Sonia (12).

Due to the laws of the former Soviet regime in the USSR, Pavel's mother who was a teacher and his father who was a military man, were careful not to observe signs of Torah and Jewish tradition in the house: In Israel, this connection has returned.

We visited the country three times and each time the feeling of belonging only increased, we were in other places abroad, but we never felt at home. Now we feel like we are coming home. "

Although he has a degree in accounting, he later became more interested in high-tech and for the past seven years has worked for an American company as a data analyst.

Later, he dreams of integrating into the Israeli high-tech industry: "In Israel, technologies are much more advanced, there are more options and employees are more valued."

Natalia, who initiated and pushed to immigrate to Israel, is a social worker who works with children at risk.

She also expects to continue working in the field in Israel and even studied Hebrew for a year at the studio for this purpose: "In Ukraine, organizations that work for children are less important to the establishment than in Israel, where the subject receives more special treatment."

110 new immigrants, Photo: Yossi Zeliger, Friendship Foundation

Danya, 13, says: "Our aliyah to Israel is the best bar mitzvah gift I could ask for."

Minister of Immigration and Absorption, Pnina Temano Sheta: "The Friendship Foundation is an important and large partner of the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption. We will end the aliyah at the end of the year with about 28,000 new immigrants. "

President of the Friendship Foundation, Yael Eckstein: "We are proud to continue to bring hundreds of immigrants to Israel despite the corona crisis. The arrival of immigrants to Israel is the realization of Zionism in practice. Everyone is rising. "

The immigration from Ukraine that closes 2021 is a young immigration.

The average age of the immigrants is 38.8.

This figure is strengthened by checking the median age of 39.5, with 55 of the immigrants under this age.

29 of the immigrants are under 21, 49 of the immigrants are aged 21 to 50 and 34 of the immigrants are aged 50 and over.

Among the immigrants, 29 are workers in the fields of economics, high-tech, financial management, law, real estate and medicine. 32 of the immigrants are drivers, workers, carpenters and more. 24 of the immigrants are children of kindergarten and school age and 14 of them are retired.

"returning home".

Immigrants from Ukraine, Photo: Yossi Zeliger, Friendship Foundation

 The new immigrants who have now arrived are expected to receive 21 localities throughout the country.

64 immigrants chose to settle in the north of the country, with the two leading localities in terms of the number of immigrants being: Haifa with 31 immigrants (28% of all immigrants) and Nahariya with 16 immigrants (14% of all immigrants).

28 immigrants wanted to reach the center of the country, with the desired locality being Rishon Lezion with 10 immigrants (9% percent of all immigrants) 16 immigrants will come to the south and 2 immigrants to Eilat.

The Friendship Foundation is concluding a record year in helping to promote immigration to Israel.

Despite another year in Corona and against the background of health and economic challenges, 5,376 new immigrants immigrated to Israel with the help of the Friendship Fund in 2021. This is a significant jump to 2020, the year the Corona epidemic broke out, in which 3,900 immigrants from 30 countries immigrated to Israel.

This is an increase of about 25%.

The country from which the most immigrants arrived with the help of the Friendship Foundation in 2021 is Ukraine, from which 1,730 immigrants immigrated last year.

From France, 730 immigrants immigrated with the help of the foundation, and 729 immigrated from Argentina due to the increase in anti-Semitism in their countries of origin, while 651 Jews immigrated with the help of the public protest against the suppression of public protest in the country.

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