The stations for facilitating immigration to Israel are located in Poland, Moldova, Romania and Hungary, the agency said.
By JNS
The Jewish Agency for Israel has opened six aliyah-processing stations at Ukrainian borders, the agency said on Saturday night.
The stations are located in Poland, Moldova, Romania and Hungary, and are being operated through a collaboration with Nativ and Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
The ministry asked the agency’s emissaries who had been stationed in Lviv to work out of Poland beginning on Saturday. Each day, these emissaries, together with Israel’s diplomatic teams, will cross the border into Ukraine to assist individuals who are eligible and interested in immigrating to Israel.
On Saturday, a first group of olim (immigrants to Israel) crossed from Ukraine into Poland with the help of these teams, in what was described in a Jewish Agency release as a “complex [and]nerve-wracking 16-hour process.”
The immigrants are being temporarily housed in a hotel near Warsaw, where they will remain until they are flown to Israel.
In general, the Jewish Agency is preparing to provide temporary housing to olim in countries bordering Ukraine until they can make their way to Israel. The housing is being funded through a collaboration with the Jewish Federations of North America and Keren Hayesod.
Aliyah flights and temporary residence in Israel are being funded by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and the Israeli Ministry of Aliyah and Integration.
The World Zionist Organization said it will aid in the settlement of new immigrants (olim) from Ukraine.The Settlement Division of the World Zionist Organization is initiating a move to place about 1,000 new portable structures (large and permanent caravans) throughout the rural areas of Israel for the benefit of the absorption of new immigrants (olim) from Ukraine.
According to an emergency plan, the buildings will be located in the following areas: on the northern border, Negev, Arava, Springs Valley near Beit Shean and the Jordan Valley. In order to implement the plan, a government decision is required. “When the government decision passes, the members of the Settlement Division are prepared for its immediate execution,” Merling said Sunday.