Israel welcomed the 10,000th immigrant since the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, who arrived on Monday on an organized flight from Chisinau with 90 other immigrants.
“I fled Kharkiv with my grandparents, but unfortunately my parents stayed there,” said Sasha Zlovin, the 10,000th immigrant, upon landing in Israel. “It was an exhausting journey that ended with your beautiful welcome. Thank you.”
So far, 3,369 immigrants have chosen to stay overnight in hotels rented for them by the ministry.
“Despite the difficult circumstances that brought us the widespread immigration from Ukraine, the State of Israel considers this a time of goodwill, and there is a great national and government mobilization for the absorption of immigrants,” said Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata.