The Ministry of Immigration and Absorption today (Thursday) marks the day of immigration with 70 thousand new immigrants in the past year - twice as many as last year, this following the war in Ukraine.
On the occasion of Aliya Day, interesting data on the subject is published.
In the last decade, more than 22,000 immigrants enlisted in the IDF, of which 15,000 are defined as lone soldiers.
Bnei Manasha in Israel, photo: Ancho Gush-Gini
In the last decade, about 6,440 doctors, 1,448 dentists, and 2,552 sisters and brothers immigrated to Israel.
Also, about 22,400 engineers immigrated and with the help of the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption 2,140 workers were absorbed into Israeli high-tech.
The Israeli education system has been strengthened by 11,537 new immigrant teachers who have guided hundreds of thousands of students in Israel in the last decade, with 413 immigrants of them being English teachers.
Minister Tamno-Sheta receives Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, photo: Yossi Zeliger
The absolute majority of the new immigrants who immigrated since the day of aliyah last year are immigrants from Russia, who make up 54% of all new immigrants, immigrants from Ukraine are 21% of the new immigrants, followed by 5% from the United States, 4% from France, 3% from Belarus, 2% from Ethiopia, and 2% from Argentina .
Also, there are ten countries from which only one immigrated, including the Dominican Republic, Malta, Guadalupe, Martinique and more.
28% of the new immigrants since the day of aliyah last year are between the ages of 18-35, 24% of the immigrants from birth to 17 years old, 21% of the immigrants aged 36-50, while 17% of the immigrants are 60 and older, 53% are women and 47% are men.
In the meantime, Israel has taken in many women who were privileged to immigrate at an extreme age, such as a 101-year-old immigrant who immigrated in September.
In which city were the most immigrants taken in?
The cities receiving the most from Aliyah last year is Netanya, with 22% new immigrants, followed by Haifa which received 11% of the new immigrants, then Tel Aviv-Jaffa with 10%.
As part of the "Immigrate Home" operation, led by Minister of Immigration and Absorption Panina Tamno Sheta, about 60,000 new immigrants from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus immigrated to Israel.
Most of the immigrants chose to settle in Haifa, which received over 6,300 new immigrants.
Refugees from Ukraine arrive on Dr. Miriam Adelson's plane, photo: Yossi Zeliger
As part of the "Create Israel" operation to immigrate the rest of Ethiopian Jews, about 1,550 new immigrants from Ethiopia immigrated to Israel from the day of aliyah last year until the current day of aliyah.
In total, about 8,000 immigrants immigrated from Ethiopia in the last decade.
"The number of immigrants warms the heart, especially since we haven't seen such numbers of new immigrants in 20 years," says Minister of Aliya and Absorption, Panina Tamno Sheta, adding: "The immigrants are constantly accompanied by the Ministry, the Jewish Agency, the local authorities and the organizations of aliya and absorption. It is inspiring To see everyone's mobilization."
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