Shaked: Israel to Let More Ukrainians In, But Only if Their Relatives Are Citizens

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Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced on Sunday that Ukrainian refugees with family in Israel will be allowed to seek asylum in Israel, even if they are not Jewish themselves, effectively lifting the 5,000-person cap of non-Jewish refugees Israel had said it was willing to take in, Haaretz reports.

However, Ukrainians with relatives who are Israeli citizens would need to have one of their family members sign a guarantee, which would let them stay with them “for a month or two,” Shaked said. Most arrivals from Ukraine who are not eligible for aliyah will be granted a three-month tourist visa. The new refugee policy for Ukrainians no longer requires that a monetary guarantee be posted on their behalf, but it does require them to commit to leave Israel when the current crisis in Ukraine ends.

{Matzav.com Israel}


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