Jewish immigration to Israel From Ukraine increased by two, 5 times in the first eight months of 2014, inform the data of the Israeli Ministry of immigration and absorption. Second only to France, Ukraine came in second place in the number of Jews who left continuous residence in Israel. According to estimates by the Israeli authorities in Ukraine live about 200 thousand Jews, and among them 30 thousand in the Donetsk region, the epicentre of the fighting between the Ukrainian security forces and militias. Last year's leader list - Russia takes the third place With slightly changed indicators of Jewish migration. For the period From January this year in Israel moved 2632 person against 2383 in January - August 2013. For the first time in the history of the number of Jewish immigrants leads France, where Israel went 4566 man - 2 times more than in the first eight months of last year.

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