Regev approves flights with 780 additional olim to start on Tuesday

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Transportation Minister Miri Regev, who also heads the Exceptions Committee, approved 5 flights filled with olim from different countries - 780 overall - in a call with Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata on Thursday. 
There will be at least one flight from a different country every day for five days, starting next Tuesday, the Transportation Ministry said. 
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The flights will bring 100 immigrants from France, 200 from Russia, 140 in two flights from Ukraine, 120 from South America, and 220 from Ethiopia. 
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