From April 15, citizens of Russia and Belarus cannot obtain Israeli citizenship under a simplified procedure at emergency repatriation centers, VPost reports with reference to Israeli lawyers..

Those who arrived in Israel before April 15 and started the repatriation process must complete it before June 15, and if they do not have time, they will continue it in the usual manner through the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Those arriving after this date will no longer be able to use the services of the centers and will receive citizenship according to the standard procedure, which takes from several months to a year.

Emergency repatriation centers appeared after the start of the special operation, when a significant number of Jews from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus declared their desire to move to Israel.

According to lawyers, this is an internal order of the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration. There are already known cases of refusal to accept documents for emergency repatriation in Haifa. The possibility of expedited repatriation in emergency cases remains, but this requires permission from the special commission.

An exception has been made for citizens of Ukraine: for them, the procedure remains unchanged.. As stated in the reports of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the share of repatriates among those entering from Ukraine was especially high immediately after the start of the “special operation”.

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There were more repatriates from Russia, but their share increased in autumn after the announcement of mobilization. From February 24, 2022 to February 22, 2023, 50,900 repatriates from Russia arrived in Israel.

In the first three months there were about six thousand monthly, after the announcement of mobilization in Russia, their number more than tripled - up to 19,500 per month.

Many repatriates, having received Israeli passports, left the country. This caused discontent in Israel, and after the right-wing parties won the elections in November, the authorities began to tighten the screws.. Stopped payments of "

As previously reported, refugees from Ukraine who arrive in Israel after October 1, 2023 will not be able to legally get a job..