According to the press service of the Israeli Ministry of Absorption, the number of immigrants who came to Israel in the first half of 2020 has decreased by 50% compared to the same period last year.. This decline is due to restrictions imposed during the coronavirus epidemic.

From January to June, 8,235 people arrived in the country, at the same time last year their number was 16,244. Since mid-March, due to the pandemic, immigration has decreased due to a decrease in the number of international flights..

At the same time, the Ministry of Absorption and the Jewish Agency report a rapid increase in the number of people who have filed migration applications since the start of the pandemic.. In this regard, a large immigration wave is expected in the near future, writes the Israeli edition of Our Cafe.

There has been a rapid increase in the number of applications for repatriation from France. A difficult situation has developed during the first wave of coronavirus in France; the number of infected and deaths grew rapidly. Many Jews living in France are thinking about repatriation; some of them managed to apply to Sokhnut.

Almost two-thirds of all those who came to Israel this half-year are immigrants from Russia and Ukraine. Most of these people are not Jews according to Halakha - in most cases they are descendants of mixed tanks or members of a Jewish family.

According to the law of return, anyone can immigrate to Israel and obtain citizenship if his grandparents are Jewish or if he is married to a Jewish woman.. Moreover, such a person has the right to bring all members of his family to Israel..

Up to 90,000 immigrants will arrive in Israel over the next 18 months, according to forecasts by the Ministry of Absorption. Between January and June, only 474 U.S. citizens moved to the country, up from 903 last year..