The Minister of the Interior, Ayelet Shaked, today (Thursday) ordered that the procedure be changed and that those waiting at Ben Gurion Airport be transferred regularly to a hotel, where they will stay until a decision is made on their behalf. Of the Home Front Command. "
According to documents uploaded to social networks, many refugees from Ukraine have had to go through a grueling journey in recent days from the moment they arrived at Ben Gurion Airport. Some slept on mattresses or makeshift chairs.
Documentation uploaded on Twitter -
Refugees from Ukraine waiting for their fate at Ben Gurion Airport, a few hours ago pic.twitter.com/YT6XwayWBw
- Liza Rozovsky (@lizarozovsky) March 9, 2022
Shaked recalled the main points of the program a few days ago and said that "the State of Israel will temporarily host about 20,000 Ukrainian citizens who were in Israel before the outbreak of hostilities, usually in violation of the law. In addition, if the violence does not stop within a reasonable time, we will allow them to work in Israel. In addition, it was agreed to set an additional accommodation quota for 5,000 Ukrainian citizens who arrived or will arrive after the outbreak of hostilities. "Israelis will no longer have to deposit bail at the airport, and will only sign an undertaking that the guest will leave Israel from the moment the emergency situation ends, in the hope that this will happen in the near future."
Among other things, Minister Shaked referred to the dimensions of the expected challenge and said that "the immigrants are expected to arrive mostly destitute and receive citizenship along with all the rights granted to citizens almost immediately."
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